Mid-Level Quality Assurance Engineer; Hybrid

Alpha Sights is looking for a self‑driven QA Automation Engineer

We are a digital business where continuous uptime, product quality and user experience are critical to success. The QA Automation Engineer plays a visible and valued role, designing and implementing automated testing solutions that drive development quality at scale and ensure our applications are reliable, scalable and meet the highest standards across frontend, backend and APIs.

Location: London
Start date: Immediate

• Design and develop automated test plans and suites across multiple projects to validate software functionality and ensure regression coverage
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and infrastructure and provide tools for developers to test their own code
• Lead test automation efforts while performing targeted manual testing when needed, such as exploratory testing, UI validation and edge case verification
• Create, manage and maintain test data to support automated testing across environments, ensuring consistency and reproducibility of test results
• Support robust testing through API test automation, test data management and cross‑platform validation across browsers and devices
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for fast and continuous feedback
• Monitor, triage and investigate test failures, raising clear and actionable bugs
• Provide feedback for UI/UX improvements and enhancements
• Continuously contribute to the overall improvement of testing tools, processes and team best practices

• You probably have a degree in a STEM subject, but we’re happy to work with people who perfected their craft via a different route.
• Experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team, looking to take your career to the next level.
• Technical expertise building and maintaining automated test frameworks using modern tools (ideally Cypress or Playwright) and at least one programming language such as Type Script, JavaScript, Python or Java. Strong understanding of backend APIs, data validation (SQL/No
  
  SQL) and CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with frontend testing (ideally React‑based applications) and API or integration testing in distributed systems.
• Proven track record – you’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers.
• Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes.
• Meticulous – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.

• Experience setting up or scaling automation frameworks from scratch
• Experience with native mobile application testing, Kubernetes and microservices architecture
• Experience with performance, load or security testing tools

Alpha Sights is an equal opportunity employer.