AT A GLANCE Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer role in a fast-moving product engineering team Playwright, Cypress or similar contract testing experience a strong advantage Hybrid working with flexibility Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience Genuine ownership of quality strategy, not just execution ABOUT THE COMPANY Our client is a growing technology business with a product engineering team that ships regularly and takes quality seriously.
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
They have reached the point where quality needs to be owned independently of development, and they are making that investment now.
This is a new and strategically important hire, with real scope for the right person to shape how quality is done across the organisation as the team continues to scale.
THE ROLE This is not a manual testing role and it is not a tick-box QA function.
Our client needs an SDET who can define the testing strategy, build and own the automation frameworks, and embed quality thinking into the engineering process from refinement through to release.
You will work closely with developers, sitting alongside the engineering team in sprints and advocating for quality at every stage.
The role has clear growth potential: as the engineering team scales, the expectation is that this hire grows with it, potentially into a Lead or Head of QA function.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Define and own the end-to-end testing strategy across the product estate Build, maintain, and continuously improve automation frameworks covering UI, API, and contract testing Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for fast, reliable feedback Lead contract testing implementation between services and databases to prevent integration regressions Design and execute performance and load testing to validate behaviour under scale Review developer-written unit and integration tests and raise the standard across the team Participate in sprint ceremonies, surfacing quality risks and requirement ambiguities before development begins Champion proactive defect finding finding issues before they reach production, not after WHAT YOU'LL NEED Essential 4+ years of experience in QA automation or SDET roles Proficiency with at least one major automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or similar) Solid API testing skills (Postman, Newman, REST or GraphQL) Experience with contract testing (Pact or similar) Familiarity with CI/CD integration for automated tests (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar) Developer-adjacent mindset comfortable reading and contributing to code Right to work in the UK or Republic of Ireland Nice to have Performance and load testing experience (K6, jMeter or similar) Experience working in a startup or scale-up environment WHY APPLY? xehkeey Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience Hybrid working model with flexibility 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private health and pension benefits Real ownership of quality strategy, not just execution of someone else's plan Clear progression pathway to Lead or Head of QA as the team scales APPLY Get in touch with Ryan Quinn at Ocho People on LinkedIn or send in your most recent CV via the link below.
Skills: Test automation SDET Backend testing Benefits: Annual Bonus / 13th Cheque Flexitime
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Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
They have reached the point where quality needs to be owned independently of development, and they are making that investment now.
This is a new and strategically important hire, with real scope for the right person to shape how quality is done across the organisation as the team continues to scale.
THE ROLE This is not a manual testing role and it is not a tick-box QA function.
Our client needs an SDET who can define the testing strategy, build and own the automation frameworks, and embed quality thinking into the engineering process from refinement through to release.
You will work closely with developers, sitting alongside the engineering team in sprints and advocating for quality at every stage.
The role has clear growth potential: as the engineering team scales, the expectation is that this hire grows with it, potentially into a Lead or Head of QA function.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Define and own the end-to-end testing strategy across the product estate Build, maintain, and continuously improve automation frameworks covering UI, API, and contract testing Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for fast, reliable feedback Lead contract testing implementation between services and databases to prevent integration regressions Design and execute performance and load testing to validate behaviour under scale Review developer-written unit and integration tests and raise the standard across the team Participate in sprint ceremonies, surfacing quality risks and requirement ambiguities before development begins Champion proactive defect finding finding issues before they reach production, not after WHAT YOU'LL NEED Essential 4+ years of experience in QA automation or SDET roles Proficiency with at least one major automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or similar) Solid API testing skills (Postman, Newman, REST or GraphQL) Experience with contract testing (Pact or similar) Familiarity with CI/CD integration for automated tests (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar) Developer-adjacent mindset comfortable reading and contributing to code Right to work in the UK or Republic of Ireland Nice to have Performance and load testing experience (K6, jMeter or similar) Experience working in a startup or scale-up environment WHY APPLY? xehkeey Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience Hybrid working model with flexibility 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private health and pension benefits Real ownership of quality strategy, not just execution of someone else's plan Clear progression pathway to Lead or Head of QA as the team scales APPLY Get in touch with Ryan Quinn at Ocho People on LinkedIn or send in your most recent CV via the link below.
Skills: Test automation SDET Backend testing Benefits: Annual Bonus / 13th Cheque Flexitime
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Senior SDET employer: Ocho
Join a dynamic and innovative digital consultancy that champions a remote-first work culture, offering exceptional benefits such as a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and a commitment to professional development. With a focus on quality and collaboration, you'll thrive in an environment that values your expertise and provides the autonomy to shape QA processes while working on complex, multi-component systems alongside a talented team in Northern Ireland.
