Senior QA Automation Engineer

Company: Spectrum IT Recruitment
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Location: Hampshire
Job Description:

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 (url removed)

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Posted: August 3rd, 2026