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# QA Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Travel Limited
- **Location:** Stretford, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Code Generation, Code Review, Scrum Methodology, Regression Testing, Release Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Selenium Webdriver
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cfd1ab782874a6e0

## About the Role

* Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, applying an AI-enabled, quality-first approach throughout
 * Experience designing, implementing and maintaining API, component and contract tests ensuring reliable service interactions
 * Experience using AI-assisted testing tools with sound judgement, human oversight and awareness of associated risks, including privacy, inaccurate assumptions and coverage gaps.
 * Experience scripting automated, browser-based, end-to-end functional tests using the Selenium WebDriver with C#
 * Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, reliable feedback and enable early detection of defects
 * Experience in Test Plan preparation, estimation, and status reporting
 * Experience in Manual testing (UAT/System/Regression)
 * Experience across different testing types, including unit, integration, performance, security and resilience testing
 * Working knowledge of Cloud computing (AWS)
 * Working knowledge of Azure DevOps

## Description

You will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of our technology platform through comprehensive testing methodologies, with a strong focus on automation and an AI-first mindset. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, provide quality input early in the delivery lifecycle, develop effective test strategies, and implement automated tests across our product portfolio.

You will use modern engineering practices including AI-assisted test design, code generation, test analysis, and defect investigation alongside sound technical judgement to improve test coverage, accelerate feedback, and identify risks earlier. This will include validating functionality, performance, APIs, components, contracts, integrations, and scalability, while helping embed quality gates within our CI/CD pipelines.

Principal Accountabilities

 * Collaborate with product owners, developers and stakeholders to provide quality input into requirements, identify risks, and define effective test strategies and acceptance criteria
 * Design, implement and maintain automated quality validation across multiple testing layers, including unit, component, API, contract, end-to-end, performance and regression testing
 * Build, maintain and continuously improve reliable automated test suites, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines with appropriate quality gates.
 * Identify, document and track software defects using issue-tracking systems, working closely with development teams to support timely resolution
 * Perform manual testing as required, including exploratory, usability and regression testing
 * Continuously improve testing processes, tools and methodologies to enhance efficiency, reliability and coverage
 * Participate in code reviews, sprint planning and release management activities to support the delivery of high-quality software
 * Stay informed about emerging trends, technologies and best practices in software testing, automation, AI-assisted quality engineering and responsible AI adoption