Senior QA Automation Engineer

Location: City of London, London Salary:£70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum Type:Permanent

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
Location: Central London, hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
Type: Permanent

A leading insurance organisation is looking to recruit a Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET into a growing technology function.

This is a hands‑on role focused on test automation, manual testing, Agile delivery & improving the quality of business critical software platforms. The successful candidate will work closely with developers, product owners, business analysts, delivery leads & offshore testing teams to ensure high quality releases across a modern product environment.

The client is looking for someone who has developed through a technical testing or SDET route & is still comfortable being hands on with automation scripts, test cases, defect management & delivery detail. This is not a purely strategic or management focused role.

• Design, build & execute manual & automated test cases across functional, integration & regression testing.
• Create, maintain & enhance automated test scripts using Selenium, Katalon or similar UI automation tools.
• Work within Agile Scrum teams across sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand ups, sprint reviews & retrospectives.
• Support shift left testing practices & help introduce automation earlier in the development lifecycle.
• Manage defects through to resolution, working closely with development teams to identify root cause & improve release quality.
• Support business users with acceptance testing where required.
• Work with Dev Ops & engineering teams to resolve environment, deployment, & pipeline related issues.
• Collaborate with offshore testing teams, providing guidance & support around day to day testing activity.
• Contribute to improvements in test coverage, automation coverage, regression packs & overall testing standards.

• Strong experience in software testing, covering both manual testing & test automation.
• Previous experience as a QA Automation Engineer, Senior QA Engineer, SDET, Automation Tester or Quality Engineer.
• Hands on automation experience with Selenium, Katalon or similar UI automation tools.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum delivery teams.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines & Dev Ops aligned delivery.
• Experience with test management tools such as Azure Test Plans, Jira, Zephyr, Xray or similar.
• Ability to work closely with technical & non technical stakeholders.

• Insurance, financial services or regulated sector experience.
• Experience testing workflow, policy, claims, underwriting or business process driven applications.
• Experience working with offshore testing teams.
• Exposure to low code, rules based or enterprise workflow platforms.
• Relevant testing certifications would be beneficial but are not essential.

This role would suit a hands on Senior QA Automation Engineer or SDET who enjoys working closely with engineering teams & business users. The client needs someone who can contribute directly to testing & automation delivery, rather than someone focused only on strategy, governance or line management.

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