Automation Test Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within a highly reputable life sciences organisation, supporting the continued digital transformation of a large-scale SaaS product. We are looking for an experienced Automation Test Engineer to play a key role in developing and enhancing automated testing capabilities across a modern technology environment.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about automation, quality engineering and emerging technologies, with hands-on experience using modern automation frameworks such as Playwright and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or GitHub Copilot.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain robust automated test frameworks and test suites across web and cloud-based applications.
• Develop automated UI and API tests using modern frameworks such as Playwright.
• Work closely with developers, Product Owners and technology teams to understand requirements and define appropriate testing strategies.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing practices.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage, improve efficiency and reduce reliance on manual testing.
• Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot or similar technologies to support test development, Scripting and automation.
• Analyse test results, investigate defects and work collaboratively with development teams to resolve issues.
• Contribute to automation standards, frameworks and best practices across the technology function.
• Support testing across cloud-based and SaaS applications, ensuring solutions meet functional and quality requirements.

• Proven commercial experience working as an Automation Test Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, SDET or similar.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright or a similar modern automation framework.
• Strong programming/Scripting experience, ideally with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks.
• Experience with API testing and automated testing within CI/CD environments.
• Experience testing modern cloud-based or SaaS applications.
• Experience using AI-assisted development or testing tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot or similar.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles, automation strategy and the full software development life cycle.

Desirable:

• Experience working with Salesforce/Salesforce Cloud or similar enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Experience working within Agile development environments.
• Knowledge of performance, integration or end-to-end testing.
• Relevant testing qualification such as ISTQB or equivalent.