Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our team of dedicated automation testers working on a wide variety of agile projects across Health, Retail and Finance sectors.

The Test Capability @ Answer are passionate about "shift left testing", which ensures testers are involved from day 1, making sure TDD is in place to catch and fix issues early and make better quality solutions for our clients.

We're excited about using AI to accelerate and improve our work, while applying our expertise and judgement to ensure everything meets a high quality standard.

If you’re passionate about wanting to champion better testing (whether that’s new tools, technologies or ways of working) - we’d love to hear from you!

• Designing bespoke Test Strategies to compliment technical solutions implemented using cloud technologies (K8s, Docker).
• Building frontend automation frameworks using the latest open source test automation tools (such as Cypress and Playwright)
• Working in an agile (Scrum/Kanban) project environment utilising a test first approach which drives and creates a shared understanding of project requirements e.g. Shift Left, Example Mapping, BDD, 3 Amigos
• Implementation of automated quality checks to run as part of a continuous integration environment (Git Hub/ Azure Dev Ops / AWS Pipelines)
• You should also have an enthusiasm for leveraging new AI technologies to enhance your workflow and improve outcomes

• Test Consultancy experience e.g. working on customer site and advising on agile test strategy and best practices
• Mentoring of junior testers and contributing to our test community
• Knowledge and experience of non-functional testing e.g. Performance Testing (Locust, k6, JMeter), Accessibility Testing (WCAG 2.2, AXE) or Security Testing (OWASP top 10/ Snyk/ Grype)
• Experience of Data/ETL Testing
• Experienced in AI usage in test, whether through AI enabled frameworks such as UIPath or Vibium or using coding focused LLMs like Claude Code or Github Copilot to accelerate your work.

We’re an Employee-Owned Company. After 12 months – through the Employee Ownership Trust you will be part of the ownership of Answer; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people

• Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward)
• Twice a year income-tax free bonus based on company performance - it’s a reward for being a part of our EOT journey
• Continuous training and development - if you want to learn, we’ll provide the support you need
• Flexible Pension - we match your own contributions up to 5%
• A flexible Healthcare cash plan so you can fund the care you value most
• A packed social calendar including; end of year party (partners invited) and Summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.
• Parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2
  
  Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here
• The chance to give back – get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events
• Hybrid and flexible working – you can vary your working when and where you work, to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need to

At Answer we proudly embrace diversity and inclusion - we want to create a safe environment for everyone to bring their true selves to work.

We will do everything we can to support your application. If you require any adjustments to be made to your application (whether that’s support with our interview questions, adjusting how we interview, or financial support with our hiring process) then please speak to Lesley Waghorn, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant (les)

Answer Digital is a highly successful digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds. We’re a company on a fast growth trajectory with a reputation of delivering large-scale, operational critical solutions.

People are at the heart of everything we do - so much so we’re owned by…