Automation Engineer in Stretford

RealityMine has been a pioneer in delivering data driven insights to the world's largest brands for over a decade. Our platform provides unique data solutions to our clients enabling them to make strategic, informed decisions powered by data from real people, collected in a privacy safe way. We’re looking for an Automation Engineer to help build, maintain and evolve RealityMine’s test automation capabilities and device farm infrastructure.

The Role: You’ll sit in the Automation/Device Farm team and take responsibility for ensuring our products are thoroughly, consistently and efficiently exercised across a wide range of devices and platforms. Day to day you’ll use test automation frameworks (including our AI‑assisted tools), scripting (e.g. Python and JavaScript), CI/CD tooling and our internal observability tools to design and execute automated test suites, manage device infrastructure, and provide fast, reliable feedback to product and engineering teams. Our offices are in Trafford Park, Manchester and the role consists of hybrid working, where we ask for our team to be in the office for collaboration and team building 2 days per week. The rest of the week is up to you; deep focus at home, or more of the same!

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain automated test suites for mobile apps, SDKs and backend services, ensuring good coverage of functional, regression and integration scenarios.
• Manage and evolve the device farm (physical and/or virtual devices), including provisioning, configuration, monitoring and optimisation of device usage.
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks and tooling, integrating them with CI/CD pipelines to provide fast and reliable test feedback.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Data, Product and QA teams to understand requirements, define test strategies and embed automation early in the development lifecycle.
• Monitor and improve test reliability and stability, investigating flaky tests, performance bottlenecks and environmental issues.
• Contribute to and maintain documentation for automation frameworks, device farm processes, test strategies and runbooks.
• Use AI‑assisted tools where appropriate to accelerate test creation, diagnosis and maintenance while keeping quality and reliability front‑of‑mind.
• Adhering to Company Policies and Procedures with respect to Security, Quality and Health & Safety.

About You:

You enjoy building robust automation systems and you’re motivated by making complex test environments stable, observable and easy for others to use. You like working close to the product and understanding how real users interact across different devices and platforms.

You must have:

• Hands‑on experience with test automation for mobile and/or web applications (e.g. Appium, Espresso, XCUITest, Selenium, Playwright, etc.).
• Strong skills in at least one programming or scripting language used for automation (e.g. Python, JavaScript, TypeScript).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, or using orchestration platforms such as Apache Airflow.
• Practical experience working with real and/or virtual devices (Android, iOS, emulators/simulators) and dealing with the challenges of scale, stability and configuration.
• A structured, detail‑oriented approach to test design, reliability and debugging.
• Clear, proactive communication and a collaborative approach to working with engineers, QA and product stakeholders.
• Willingness to use AI tools to accelerate learning, test creation and analysis while applying critical thinking and verification.

Nice to have but not essential:

• Experience managing or using a device farm solution (e.g. AWS Device Farm, Firebase Test Lab, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or an internal farm).
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring for test and device infrastructure (logs, metrics, dashboards, alerts).
• Knowledge of mobile platform internals (Android/iOS), SDK integration testing, or backend API testing.
• Exposure to AWS‑based infrastructure or similar cloud environments.

Why Join RealityMine?

At RealityMine, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we go the extra mile to support every team member to unlock their full potential. Whether you're hungry for learning, driven by achievement, or just love being part of a dynamic and supportive team, you'll find a home here.

Your Benefits:

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 25 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays. After two years with us, you can also buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
• Peace of Mind: Life assurance and a workplace pension with employer contributions.
• Reward for Performance: Bonus scheme that recognizes your hard work and contributions.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: For the cyclists among us, we've got you covered.
• Gear You’ll Love: Choose the tech that works for you, we'll try and source it!
• Learning & Growth: Benefit from one-to-one coaching, a budget for training programs, and all the support you need to keep growing.
• Giving Back: Join us in supporting local charities and making a positive impact.

Hybrid Working:

Located in Trafford Park, our Manchester office offers an inspiring, collaborative space to work alongside your colleagues. Free parking and secure bike shed. Excellent public transport links. Split your time between the office and home, with 2 days working in our offices. Full equipment provided for home working (desk, screen, chair). Receive £100 annually to personalise your home workspace. Flexible start and finish times to suit your personal circumstances.

If you’re an Automation Engineer professional excited to work on impactful projects and shape the future of data insights, we’d love to hear from you. Please email your CV with the heading ‘Automation Engineer’ to #J-18808-Ljbffr