Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Senior Automation QA – Leading FinTech – Hybrid – £95,000

Our client, a major player in the financial technology space, is seeking a Senior Automation QA to drive automation excellence across UI, API, and performance layers. This is a key role for an engineer who loves building frameworks from scratch, shaping quality strategy, and mentoring teams toward an automation‑first culture.

What You’ll Do

• Build and enhance automation frameworks using Playwright (UI), Mocha/Axios (API), and K6 (performance).
• Apply best‑practice automation architecture (POM, stable locators, CI/CD integration).
• Break down complex scenarios into clear test cases and scalable automation.
• Promote an AI‑first approach to testing and delivery.
• Mentor manual QAs and collaborate closely with engineering to uplift engineering quality.

What You Bring

• Strong passion for driving forward testing methods and implementing new systems.
• Strong QA background (8+ years), with 5+ in automation.
• Hands‑on experience with Playwright.
• Exposure to Selenium, Cypress, or Cucumber advantageous.
• Solid AWS experience: CI/CD, CloudFormation/Terraform, monitoring.
• Knowledge of containers/orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).
• Comfortable working in Agile environments with strong initiative and ownership.

Nice to Have

• Experience building automation in serverless environments (AWS Lambda).
• Understanding of AWS security best practices.
• Familiarity with market data.

If this is of interest please apply and/or reach out to me at: sam.horscroft@harringtonstarr.com

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function & Industries

• Information Technology
• Financial Services and Capital Markets