Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead

Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead
Spencer Rose are looking for an experienced Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead who can take end-to-end ownership of testing and help shape the overall quality and automation strategy for our Banking client located in Central London.
Start: ASAP
Location: City of London - 2 days a week onsite
Rate: £(Apply online only) per INSIDE IR35
Duration: 6-12 month contract
The ideal candidate should be a strong hands-on automation engineer as well as a technical test leader. They should be capable of taking a project from having limited automation to establishing a robust E2E functional and performance testing framework from scratch, while providing leadership and direction to the wider testing team.
Key Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead Responsibilities
* Take end-to-end ownership of testing activities, from test planning and strategy through execution, automation and reporting.
* Define and shape the overall test strategy, automation approach and quality processes.
* Design and build E2E test automation frameworks from scratch covering both functional and performance testing.
* Develop, maintain and enhance scalable automation solutions using Playwright.
* Drive automation across UI, API and end-to-end testing.
* Design and execute performance, load, stress and scalability testing to validate system performance.
* Integrate functional and performance automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
* Lead and mentor QA/Test Engineers, providing technical guidance and helping improve automation capability across the team.
* Work closely with developers, Product Owners and other stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.
* Identify testing risks, dependencies and coverage gaps early in the delivery process.
* Drive continuous improvement in testing standards, tools, frameworks and processes.
* Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, refinement, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead Essential Skills & Experience
* Extensive hands-on experience in automation testing.
* Strong experience in designing and building E2E automation frameworks from scratch.
* Extensive hands-on knowledge of Playwright.
* Strong experience in API testing and API automation.
* Good knowledge and hands-on experience in performance testing, including load, stress and scalability testing.
* Experience designing automation frameworks that support both functional and performance testing.
* Strong understanding of CI/CD and integrating automated tests into deployment pipelines.
* Experience taking complete ownership of testing for a project, product or application.
* Previous experience leading, mentoring and providing technical direction to a testing team.
* Ability to define and improve test strategy, automation strategy and regression coverage.
* Good knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working within Agile delivery teams.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders and leadership.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good to Have
* Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) concepts.
* Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices and distributed systems.
* Knowledge of performance-testing tools and performance monitoring/analysis.
* Experience with cloud-based CI/CD and deployment processes.
If available, APPLY NOW, to be reviewed immediately