Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Do you want to work for an innovative technology business that sits within the world's largest advertising and media group, helping deliver cutting-edge digital campaigns for some of the world's most recognised brands?

They're looking to appoint a Test Automation Engineer / (SDET) to join their Platform Engineering team, helping drive quality, automation and release confidence across a modern cloud-based platform powering AI-driven content and dynamic advertising solutions.

This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who is passionate about automation, quality engineering and modern software delivery. You'll play a key role in reducing manual testing, building scalable test frameworks and introducing AI-assisted approaches to software testing.

Full Time Permanent Role

London | Hybrid (3 Days Office)

Salary - Up to £60,000 + Benefits

What you'll be doing

• Designing, building and maintaining automated testing frameworks across the platform
• Developing end-to-end, regression, functional and non-functional test suites using Playwright and other modern tooling
• Integrating automated testing into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
• Supporting platform reliability through structured testing and release validation processes
• Reducing reliance on manual testing through automation and process improvement
• Working closely with software engineers, product teams and technical stakeholders to improve quality across the SDLC
• Introducing test management, reporting and defect tracking processes
• Investigating production issues and ensuring defects are prevented through future automated tests
• Driving continuous improvement across testing approaches, tools and engineering practices
• Exploring AI-assisted testing techniques to improve coverage, speed and reliability
• Building and refining AI-driven workflows for test generation, maintenance, execution and analysis
• Supporting TDD and quality-first engineering practices

What we're looking for

• Strong commercial experience within a Test Automation, SDET or Quality Engineering role
• Expertise with Playwright or similar modern automation frameworks
• Experience building and scaling automated testing frameworks
• Strong understanding of functional, non-functional and end-to-end testing
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions
• Experience working closely with software engineering teams in Agile environments
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience implementing structured defect management and quality processes
• An interest in AI, LLMs and emerging approaches to automation and software quality
• Ability to influence engineering best practices and champion quality throughout the development lifecycle

Why it's interesting

• Opportunity to shape and mature the testing strategy across a growing platform
• Strong focus on AI-assisted engineering and testing innovation
• High levels of ownership and autonomy
• Modern engineering environment with a strong automation-first mindset
• Opportunity to work on technology used by huge globally recognised brands including Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Disney, Warner Bros, McDonald's and Pepsi
• Backed by a major global organisation whilst maintaining the culture and agility of a smaller engineering-led business

Very quick and smooth interview process

This is an exciting opportunity for a quality-focused engineer who wants to move beyond traditional QA and play a central role in how software is built, tested and released within a modern AI-driven technology platform.