Senior QA Engineer

Senior QA Engineer Playwright, BDD, CI/CD | Belfast (Hybrid)

At-a-Glance

• Senior-level QA role leading test strategy for an established, global financial services organisation
• Automation-first environment built around Playwright, BDD and CI/CD pipelines
• Hybrid working from Belfast
• Salary up to £65,000
• Genuine scope to embed AI-driven testing tools and shape quality practice across the team

About the Company

Our client is an established, global financial services organisation with a strong reputation in its sector. With a large international footprint and a mature engineering culture, they invest seriously in quality and are building out modern, AI-enabled approaches to how they test and ship software.

The Role

This is a senior, hands-on QA role within an Agile team, where you'll be the go-to advocate for quality from sprint planning through to release. You'll work closely with Product Owners and Developers, driving BDD and TDD practices and making sure everything shipped meets the Definition of Done. There's real ownership here: you'll lead on test strategy, balance manual, automated and performance testing, and push the team's shift-left and API-first approach forward.

It's suited to someone who wants influence over how quality is done, not just a seat at the table.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global BA, Development and QA teams to design and coordinate test strategy
• Design, develop, execute and maintain automated and functional tests within CI/CD pipelines
• Leverage AI tools such as MCP, Copilot and ChatGPT to optimise testing efficiency and workflows
• Build and maintain scalable, self-healing automation frameworks using Playwright
• Integrate AI-driven tooling into automation workflows to improve script creation and maintenance
• Identify performance bottlenecks and provide actionable recommendations
• Champion quality across the Agile team, promoting best practices including unit testing and code reviews
• Mentor and coach team members to raise QA standards
• Own deliverables end to end, managing priorities and raising risks early

What You'll Need

Essential:

• Extensive experience in QA automation within Agile environments
• Strong automation experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or Test Complete
• Proficiency in Java, JavaScript or a similar programming language
• Proven ability to design and maintain scalable automation frameworks, ideally Playwright or WebDriverIO
• Experience integrating automation within CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, Git Lab or Team City
• Hands-on experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber
• Strong experience in API, functional and end-to-end testing

Desirable / Nice to Have:

• Experience with in financial services or trading platforms, including FIX/API
• Exposure to AWS, microservices or serverless architectures

Why Apply?

• Salary up to £65,000
• Hybrid working model based in Belfast
• Senior-level ownership of test strategy across a high-performing Agile team
• Work on business-critical trading and data platforms for a genuine global market leader
• Real scope to embed AI-driven tooling into how the team tests and ships software
• Join a business investing seriously in modern, scalable automation practice

Next Steps

If you're interested or have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Eve Geddis directly on Linked In, or email

Skills:
Playwright Java Cucumber Jenkins API Testing

Benefits:
Medical Aid / Health Care Pension Fund