Test Automation Engineer

About Hyperlayer

Hyperlayer is the intelligent banking platform built for the agentic economy: the financial control layer that sits above banks' existing cores, enabling next-generation Smart Accounts, without ripping anything out. From a single integration, we give financial institutions a secure rules and orchestration engine that lets them design, launch and scale hyper-personalised products in weeks while preserving stability, compliance and control. And there's nothing like us anywhere in the world.

About Hyperlayer

Hyperlayer works with Tier 1 and Tier 2 FIs across the UK, US, EMEA and Hong Kong, with an award-winning UK consumer app (HyperJar) sitting in the group. We're creating the fintech category that every bank in the world needs: programmable, governed, agent-ready accounts. Your job is to make sure our audiences know that.

About The Role

• We're hiring a Test Automation Engineer to help build and scale the automated testing that keeps the Hyperlayer platform reliable as we ship fast. This is a hands‑on engineering role, writing and maintaining automation frameworks in the codebase, not just executing test plans.
• You’ll bring AI into how testing is done day to day, using AI-assisted tools to generate, maintain and triage tests faster, and helping the wider QA team adopt the same practices.
• You’ll report into the Head of Solution Architecture & QA and work closely with engineering and product teams across the platform.
• This role is predominantly office-based in Paddington, London.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build and maintain automated test suites across API and, where relevant, UI layers, with a strong focus on the reliability of Hyperlayer’s payment flows.
• Use AI‑assisted tools (e.g. Copilot, Claude, or similar) to accelerate test case generation, test data creation, and framework maintenance, while keeping test quality and coverage high.
• Explore and introduce AI‑driven testing techniques, such as self‑healing test scripts, intelligent test selection, and automated defect triage, where they add real value.
• Embed automated tests into CI/CD pipelines so failures are caught early and quality signal reaches engineers quickly.
• Write clean, maintainable, production‑quality framework code, not just one‑off scripts.
• Investigate test failures and flaky tests, working with engineers to fix root causes rather than just patching symptoms.
• Contribute to test strategy and coverage decisions for new services and features, partnering with engineering leads early in design.
• Share AI‑testing practices and tooling knowledge with the wider QA team, helping raise the bar on automation across the function.

Qualifications

Essential

• Solid hands‑on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks, ideally including API‑level testing (e.g. REST Assured, Postman/Newman, or similar).
• Strong coding ability in at least one language commonly used for test automation (e.g. Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Golang).
• Practical experience using AI tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) to write, review, or maintain code and tests, with a genuine interest in applying AI to testing problems.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and how automated testing integrates with them (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar).
• Comfortable working in a fast‑moving engineering environment, balancing speed with the rigour needed when testing financial systems.
• Willing and able to be in our London office four days per week.

Desirable

• Experience in fintech, payments, or another regulated financial services environment.
• Exposure to AI‑driven or self‑healing test tooling (e.g. Testim, Mabl, Applitools) or to prompt engineering for test generation.
• Exposure to UI automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress).
• Experience with non‑functional or performance testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6).
• Familiarity with payment schemes, ISO 20022, card processing, or open banking.

We will not be offering UK work visa sponsorship for these roles. Candidates will need an existing non-sponsored right to work in the UK.

Working at Hyperlayer

At Hyperlayer we are proud of our in‑office culture. It makes a real difference to the working atmosphere and maximises collaboration in and across teams. This is critical to how we work and learn. Also, we think it makes for a great workplace!

We value our team and are proud to offer some great benefits:

• A performance‑based employee bonus scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a day off on your birthday, and an additional day per year of tenure to a maximum of 30.
• Critical illness and life insurance cover.
• AXA PPP Health Insurance, including gym offers.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Referral bonus scheme.
• Workplace nursery scheme.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion

Hyperlayer’s mission is to make a positive impact on people’s lives, making it easier for everyone to manage their money.

Hyperlayer’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion is a key part of this; it helps us better serve our customers, employees, and business partners from every background.

We are constantly learning and striving to do better, and we expect all staff to actively take part in this process.

Data Privacy

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