QA Automation Engineer

Cathedral Appointments
Tavistock, United Kingdom
22 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 45K

Job location

Remote
Tavistock, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Testing (Software)
API
Automation of Tests
Software as a Service
Regression Testing
Selenium
Cypress
Playwright

Job description

As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks while supporting robust manual testing processes. Working closely with engineering and product teams, you will help ensure monthly releases are stable, reliable and aligned with business-critical workflows. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys improving automation coverage, enhancing test frameworks and contributing to a maturing QA environment within a SaaS setting., * Develop, maintain and enhance automated test suites using modern automation frameworks such as Playwright

  • Execute manual testing, regression testing and support user acceptance testing cycles
  • Collaborate with developers to define acceptance criteria and improve testability across web and API services
  • Identify, document and verify defects, contributing to root cause analysis and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • Experience in a QA Automation or Software Test Engineer role within a SaaS or digital product environment
  • Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress or Selenium
  • Strong understanding of manual testing, regression planning and risk-based testing approaches
  • Clear communication skills with the ability to work effectively with engineering, product and support teams

Benefits & conditions

  • 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • Hybrid working with flexibility to work from home two days per week
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities
  • Company pension scheme
  • Supportive and collaborative team culture

About the company

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing technology business that develops specialist SaaS solutions used by organisations across the UK. With continued investment in product development and engineering capability, the business is strengthening its quality assurance function to support reliable, scalable software releases. You will be part of a collaborative and supportive technology team focused on continuous improvement and high-quality delivery.

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