Python Automation Engineer

This range is provided by Simon James IT Ltd. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Location: Stratford, London, UK (Hybrid – 40% onsite)

Are you passionate about building robust automation frameworks and validating cutting-edge AI workflows? Join our DevSecOps team and help shape the future of intelligent backend systems powered by AWS Bedrock.

What You’ll Do

• Design and maintain automated test suites using PyTest, Behave (BDD), Robot Framework, Selenium.
• Implement API automation for RESTful services built with Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
• Validate LLM-driven workflows and model responses through data‑driven test cases.
• Develop mock services and test harnesses for AWS and microservice interactions.
• Automate validation of AWS components: Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, OpenSearch, Kendra, DynamoDB.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Support performance, regression, and integration testing across distributed systems.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong Python programming skills for test automation.
• Hands‑on experience with API testing, data‑driven testing, and integration testing.
• Familiarity with AWS services and LLM/AI pipeline testing.
• Experience with BDD frameworks and structured test case design.
• Solid understanding of logging, monitoring, and error handling in automated tests.

Nice to Have

• Performance testing tools (Locust, JMeter, k6).
• Microservices architecture and container‑based testing (Docker, ECS).
• Exposure to Bedrock model orchestration and prompt engineering validation.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Financial Services, Banking, and Technology, Information and Media