Test Automation Engineer

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Development Permanent Full Time Professional Hungerford, Berkshire, UK, GB

2 days ago Requisition

At Klipboard we've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work.

Klipboard provides specialist software, services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade – wherever they are in the world. With a unique depth of knowledge and experience in ERP/SaaS solutions, Klipboard has a wide range of clients includes wholesalers, distributors, merchants and retailers from small traders to multinational enterprises. Klipboard has offices in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Kenya and North America.

Our mission is simple: to design and deliver high performance, integrated ERP solutions that enable our distributive trade customers to source effectively, stock efficiently, sell profitably and service competitively.

Klipboard is a global, growing business that embraces AI and emerging technologies to enhance customer outcomes, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We’re looking for people who are curious about or fluid with AI, open to change, and excited to learn how technology can improve the way we work and help our customers which is always supported by strong human insight and communication.

We are looking for a forward-thinking QA Automation Engineer with strong Playwright experience and practical skills in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate software testing.

At Klipboard, we are evolving how we develop and deliver software, embracing AI-assisted engineering, automated testing and Continuous Delivery to improve quality and increase delivery velocity.

The successful candidate will be comfortable using modern AI development tools to generate, refine and maintain automated tests for complex web applications. They will combine sound testing principles with an engineering mindset, ensuring that automation provides meaningful validation of product functionality and customer workflows.

This role is particularly suited to someone who enjoys exploring new technologies, challenging traditional testing approaches and finding more efficient ways to deliver high-quality software.

• Design, develop and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Microsoft Playwright.
• Build reliable automated test coverage for modern web applications, including complex user journeys and business workflows.
• Apply risk-based testing principles to prioritise automation where it provides the greatest value.
• Identify defects, investigate failures and provide clear, actionable feedback to engineering teams.
• Ensure tests are reliable, repeatable and suitable for execution within CI/CD pipelines.

• Use AI coding assistants such as Git Hub Copilot, Cursor, Claude or Codex to accelerate automated test development.
• Generate Playwright tests from requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and existing application behaviour.
• Apply effective prompt engineering techniques to generate, refine and maintain test automation.
• Review and validate AI-generated tests to ensure they accurately reflect expected application behaviour.
• Experiment with AI-enabled testing approaches to improve productivity, test quality and maintainability.
• Share successful AI techniques and practices with other QA and Engineering colleagues.

• Integrate automated tests into Azure Dev Ops or equivalent CI/CD pipelines.
• Support automated validation of software changes through pull requests and deployment workflows.
• Work towards providing rapid, reliable feedback to developers on the quality of their changes.
• Investigate and reduce flaky tests, unreliable execution and unnecessary maintenance overhead.
• Support the engineering team's progression towards Continuous Delivery through effective automation.

• Work closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers and other QA colleagues to understand requirements and expected behaviour.
• Develop a sound understanding of the…