Position:  Senior Automation Tester

Suitable for: Automation Tester or SDET with experience of Playwright, Typescript, Appium and Java, web and mobile testing

Location:  Homebased with the expectation to attend office sites (Milton Keynes or Great Bookham) at least once per month, or as and when required for team collaboration days

Salary:  to £65k + bens

Our client, a leading software provider of integration health solutions, is looking for a Senior Automation Tester to join their QA team.

The ideal profile for the Senior Automation Tester will have over 5 years hands-on expertise in automation-oriented roles, specifically in web and mobile application testing.   You should also substantial experience using Playwright (with Typescript) for web automation and Appium (or similar) with Java for mobile automation.

The Senior Automation Tester requires a strong understanding of automation testing frameworks, best practices and methodologies to ensure high quality software delivery.

Essential:

• Min 5+ years’ experience as a Senior Automation Tester, Automation Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer, SDET or similar
• Min 4 years’ experience in Playwright / Cypress based automation testing using Typescript (other JavaScript languages may be considered)
• Min 3 years’ experience in Appium based automation (or similar mobile automation testing tools) using Java
• Must have strong automation engineering and coding skills (C# / Python / Java)
• Experience in defining and automation system integration, system (regression) and E2E test cases
• Good experience with testing MySQL Data Management System
• Experience of front-end UI and back end (API and DB) automation
• Good understanding of VMS Visual Studio code / JetBrains Aqua IDEs
• Experience of working with structured data (understanding of XML, JSON etc)
• Experience of CI tools such as Azure DevOps
• Experience of creating and modifying test data
• Performing occasional manual testing (functional, non-functional)
• Good root cause analysis and collaboration skills
• Experience in design, implementation and execution of non-functional testing (ie load, performance, volume, stress, failover and scalability tests) using Grafana K6
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Azure tech stack

Desirable:

• Knowledge of healthcare systems

The Role:

The Automation Tester will be responsible for co-ordinating, planning and executing comprehensive automation testing strategies across various projects, including both on premise and Azure based environments. 

All applicants need to be able to demonstrate successful projects they have been involved with and will need to be able to hit the ground running working closely with our QA Manager and Senior Automation Test Lead

To apply:  Please follow the online application process and upload your CV, in Word format

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK for your application to be considered.  Due to large numbers of applications, unfortunately we cannot provide detailed feedback to everyone, however, if you wish to find out how your application is progressing, please call or e-mail the office and someone will help you / get back to you.