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