Senior QA Automation Engineer — 3 roles

Qgems Energy Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to design and implement test strategies for UI and API layers. This role involves building automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate has strong experience in automation testing and effective communication skills to drive quality across teams.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Strong benefits

Share options

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with industry standard automation testing systems and API testing.
• Proven track record integrating automation within Private Cloud/GCP CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong exploratory testing discipline and ability to surface edge cases early.

Responsibilities

• Define risk-based test plans and coverage strategy across UI, API, and non-functional areas.
• Build and maintain suites using Playwright/Cypress/Selenium and API-level testing approaches.
• Embed tests into pipelines and manage quality gates.

Skills

Automation testing

API testing

Communication

Exploratory testing

Cloud CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

GCP

Job description

Hybrid (mix of office/home); Base: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Job Description

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will own squad-level test strategy and build/maintain automation for UI and API layers, including performance and regression coverage integrated into CI/CD. You’ll partner with engineers and Product to define acceptance criteria early, reduce flakiness, and keep pipelines healthy in Private Cloud/GCP environments.

Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Ownership – Define risk-based test plans and coverage strategy across UI, API, and non-functional areas.
• Automation Engineering – Build and maintain suites using Playwright/Cypress/Selenium and API-level testing approaches.
• CI/CD Integration – Embed tests into pipelines, manage quality gates, and triage failures quickly.
• Performance & Reliability – Establish baselines, monitor regressions, and recommend targeted optimisations.
• Quality Collaboration – Drive shift-left practices; refine acceptance criteria with Product and engineers; ensure test data and environments are fit for purpose.
• Quality Reporting – Provide clear, actionable defect reports and quality metrics to inform release decisions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with industry standard automation testing systems and API testing.
• Proven track record integrating automation within Private Cloud/GCP CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong exploratory testing discipline and ability to surface edge cases early.
• Skilled at maintaining stable, low-flakiness suites and clear triage workflows.
• Effective communicator able to influence quality outcomes across a squad.

Compensation & How to Apply

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