Test Automation Engineer - Principal & Senior Roles

Hastings Direct

Competitive salary; £5k car allowance included; an...
Hybrid
Proficient in gherkin and cucumber
Strong coding skills in java or typescript
Experience with selenium grid or playwright
Hastings Direct is seeking both Senior and Principal Test Automation Engineers to enhance their automation capabilities within an agile environment. The roles involve collaborating with Scrum Teams, mentoring junior staff, and implementing best practices for test automation

Job Summary

  • The role involves providing automation capabilities to support Scrum Teams in delivering on an Automation Only approach.
  • Candidates will be responsible for defining and maintaining test automation best practices while mentoring direct reports.
  • Benefits include a competitive salary, £5k car allowance, private medical insurance, and up to 10% matched pension contributions.

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Hastings Direct is seeking both Senior and Principal Test Automation Engineers to enhance their automation capabilities within an agile environment. The roles involve collaborating with Scrum Teams, mentoring junior staff, and implementing best practices for test automation.

Salary

Competitive salary; £5k car allowance included; Annual 4Cs performance bonus eligible

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Proficient in Gherkin and Cucumber
  • Strong coding skills in Java or TypeScript
  • Experience with Selenium Grid or Playwright
  • API testing using Postman or SoapUI
  • CI/CD experience with AzureDevOps or Jenkins
  • Agile methodology expertise (Scrum/Kanban)

Nice-to-have

  • Transformational leadership skills
  • Mentoring junior staff and new joiners
  • Driving continuous improvement culture
  • Brown Bag session facilitation

Key Requirements

  • Extensive experience in agile environments
  • Proficiency in declarative Gherkin syntax
  • Comfortable with source control using GitHub

Work Rights

Not specified

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