Senior Test Automation Engineer
Role type: Contract
Length: 3 months initial
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid, onsite 1-2 days)
Our client is looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer to design and build a Playwright automation framework from the ground up. You'll lead the development of scalable UI and API test solutions, embed automation into CI/CD pipelines, and help Agile teams adopt modern quality engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build a Playwright automation framework using TypeScript.
- Develop maintainable UI and REST API automated test suites, reusable page objects, utilities and test libraries.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and define automation standards, coding practices and quality gates.
- Partner with Developers, QA Engineers, Product Owners and Delivery teams to support shift-left testing.
- Produce clear technical documentation and mentor colleagues in automation best practice.
Essentials Skills:
- Strong commercial experience with Playwright and advanced TypeScript.
- Proven experience building test automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, test architecture and automation design patterns.
- Experience with REST API testing, Git and CI/CD integration.
- Hands-on knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Desirables
Experience with Node.js, Docker, Azure or AWS, BDD, performance testing, security or accessibility testing, and coaching automation engineers would be advantageous.
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