Automation Engineer

Description

Lead Automation Engineer

SC clearance required.

Location can be flexible, London TS or Leeds.

50% onsite working pattern, potentially increasing to 60% later in the year.

Building out a new team to join the bank with specific AI related skills.

Key criteria:

Experience in AI-driven and AI-assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI.

Experience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation

Senior QA / SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop, and cloud testing.

Expertise in test automation frameworks including Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, and TestNG.

Capability in designing and delivering scalable automation frameworks and enterprise test strategies

Extensive experience in end-to-end test lifecycle management, including test strategy, estimation, governance, and stakeholder engagement

Deep knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps integration, using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

Demonstrable success in large-scale automation delivery, including high-volume API automation and measurable cost optimisation. xjnqpsq

Experience across cross-platform testing (web, mobile, API, desktop) with strong functional and automation coverage.

Practical experience with cloud-based and cross-browser testing platforms (e.g. BrowserStack, Perfecto)

Strong collaboration and delivery focus across multi-project environments and distributed

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