Senior QA Automation Engineer

Senior Automation Engineer

• Playwright, Typescript, UI Testing, Java
• Hybrid Working, Southampton. 2 Days a week onsite.
• Applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance
• £60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus & Benefits

About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Senior Lead Automation Engineer to join a large-scale project focused on onboarding a major public sector client and delivering highly secure communication services.
The Senior Automation Engineer will help deliver high-quality, reliable software. You'll play a key role in defining test strategy, driving automation, and ensuring quality throughout the software development lifecycle in a collaborative Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities within the development team and champion quality.
• Design and execute test strategies for new products and features.
• Review solution designs to identify quality risks and recommend improvements.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end automated tests using Playwright.
• Perform manual and automated testing across UI and API layers.
• Monitor test and production environments and support defect resolution.
• Continuously improve test coverage, QA processes, and automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to deliver high-quality releases.

Skills Required

• Strong experience in Automation Testing.
• Hands-on experience with UI and API automation testing.
• Strong knowledge of test design, automation, and QA best practices.
• Experience with Playwright and Java, JavaScript, or another object-oriented language.
• Experience writing SQL queries.
• Experience working with AWS and SaaS products.
• A solid understanding of Agile development practices.

If you're passionate about automation testing, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and want to help shape the quality of a growing software platform, then please send your CV to