Automation Tester

## Automation Tester Apply:
London - Exchange Tower:
Posted Today:
End Date:
October 26, 2026 (13 days left to apply):
JR-03157

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** Automation Tester (SDET)
** Join a team where
* Purpose* is at the heart of everything we do,
* Ambition* drives us to be the best we can be,
* Respect* shapes our culture and
* Trust* builds our foundation**.
** We're not just hiring — we're inviting you to
** build the future
** with us. If you're curious, driven, and ready to leave your mark, this is your invitation to make your next move.  
**
* Contract:

** FTC 6 Months
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* Working hours:

** 35 hours per week is full time.
**** Salary:
** up to £63,000
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* Location:

** London
* *** Reporting to:
** QA Test Manager
* By joining our team, you'll enjoy the best of both worlds – hybrid working and the collaboration of a great office environment.
* Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office.
* As well as extensive opportunities for personal and career development.  
*
* About Us:

** The Financial Ombudsman Service is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that plays a vital role in UK financial services. Every day we help resolve disputes between consumers, or small businesses, and their financial service providers.

The IT Applications and Development team plays an important role in developing and supporting our applications, enabling us to deliver services to customers and colleagues.

As an
** Automation Tester**, you'll bring specialist automation expertise to help us deliver reliable, high-quality services for our customers and colleagues. You'll lead the development of automation frameworks and testing approaches, balancing hands-on technical delivery with technical leadership. Working across multiple applications and teams, you'll drive automation maturity, promote innovation, and help embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Through collaboration, coaching and continuous improvement, you'll play a key role in shaping our automation capability and supporting our wider digital strategy.
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* What You’ll Do:

** Leading our test automation strategy, frameworks and engineering practices to improve the quality, reliability and efficiency of application delivery.

Designing, building and enhancing scalable automation solutions, embedding automated testing across the development lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines.

Driving continuous improvement by increasing automation coverage, championing AI-enabled testing capabilities, and promoting best practice across teams.

Working collaboratively with developers, testers, business analysts and product owners to deliver high-quality, customer-focused solutions.

Providing technical leadership, coaching and guidance to help grow automation capability and influence quality outcomes across the organisation.

Monitoring and improving automation effectiveness through data-led insights, innovation and a focus on reducing manual effort while accelerating delivery.
* To be considered for this role, you’ll need to show us that you’ve got the skills and capabilities. You’ll have to meet the following minimum criteria:
*** Minimum Criteria –
*** Extensive experience designing, developing, and maintaining test automation frameworks using tools such as Selenium or equivalent, with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and quality engineering best practices.
* A strong Proven track record in automation testing within fast-paced Agile delivery environments, working across diverse technologies, applications, and complex business domains.
* Strong expertise in defining automation strategies, test…