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# Senior Test Engineer - Automation

- **Company:** Digital Skills Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £91,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Application Testing, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, DevOps, E2e Testing, Selenium, Systems Integration, Cypress (Programming Language), Gherkin, Playwright, Cucumber (Software), Selenium Webdriver, Api Management
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-5B6C6908CB0BB800CE/

## About the Role

* Strong commercial Test Automation experience
 * Excellent hands-on Java experience
 * Strong Selenium WebDriver experience
 * Experience building and maintaining UI and API automation frameworks
 * Commercial experience with AWS and testing cloud-based applications and services
 * Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments
 * Experience integrating automated tests within CI/CD
 * Strong knowledge of functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing
 * Experience with Gherkin/Cucumber
 * Experience with Jira and Confluence

Experience with additional automation technologies such as Playwright, Cypress, WebdriverIO, Serenity BDD, Robot Framework or REST Assured would be beneficial.

## Description

You will join an established Agile delivery team, helping to develop and maintain automated testing solutions across complex digital applications and services.

The role will have a strong focus on Java, Selenium and AWS, covering both UI and API automation and integrating automated testing throughout the CI/CD lifecycle., * Developing and maintaining automated test solutions using Java and Selenium WebDriver

 * Designing and maintaining UI and API automation frameworks
 * Testing applications, services and integrations within AWS environments
 * Integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
 * Delivering functional, integration, regression, end-to-end and API testing
 * Applying TDD, BDD, ATDD and continuous testing practices
 * Working closely with Developers, Business Analysts and Product Owners within Agile delivery teams
 * Supporting the continuous improvement of automation frameworks, tooling and QA processes