Test Engineer

Development Test Engineer (QA Automation) 📍 Leeds (Hybrid Working) 💷 Up to £46k + Generous Pension Scheme 📈 Ongoing training and professional development 🏡 Hybrid and flexible working 🚲 Additional lifestyle and wellbeing benefits Are you passionate about automation and keen to play a key role in improving software quality within a large-scale digital environment? We're working with an organisation investing heavily in technology and digital transformation, seeking a Development Test Engineer to help drive an automation-first approach across a range of customer-facing and business-critical systems. This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional testing and become a genuine advocate for quality engineering, helping teams build, deploy and maintain reliable software at scale. The Role You'll be responsible for designing, building and maintaining robust automated testing frameworks using Playwright, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. Working closely with Developers, Product Owners and Business Analysts, you'll help define testing strategies, contribute to Agile delivery processes and support the successful deployment of new digital services. Key Responsibilities ✅ Build and enhance automated testing frameworks using Playwright and JavaScript/TypeScript ✅ Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines ✅ Execute functional, integration and regression testing across multiple applications ✅ Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to define acceptance criteria and testing requirements ✅ Identify, document and manage software defects through to resolution ✅ Support the management of test environments and test data ✅ Champion automation best practice and continuous improvement What We're Looking For ✔ Experience building test automation frameworks using Playwright ✔ Strong JavaScript or TypeScript skills ✔ Experience working within Agile delivery environments ✔ Knowledge of API testing tools such as Postman ✔ Understanding of modern software development and testing practices Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines or working within highly regulated industries would be beneficial. This is a fantastic opportunity for a QA Automation Engineer, SDET, Test Automation Engineer or Development Test Engineer looking to make a real impact within a growing technology function. 📩 Get in touch to find out more or apply for a confidential discussion.