Key skills
JavaScriptTypeScriptGoSQLAIPlaywrightAzureAzure DevOpsService BusPostmanGitAgileCommunication
About this role
Future is a global leader in specialist media, seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to enhance their Test Strategy. The role involves collaborating with the Lead QA and cross-functional teams to develop automated test suites and ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Partner closely with the Lead QA to evolve and execute our overarching Test Strategy
- Champion quality from day one
- Drive the creation of robust automated test suites to support our PCW platform and services
- Drive early conversations with Product Owners and developers to define acceptance criteria and test coverage before a single line of feature code is written
- Be the squad's go-to expert for automation best practices, code reviews, defect identification, and end-to-end data integrity
Requirements:
- Solid, hands-on experience building test suites and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript)
- Proven ability to test APIs and backend services, write SQL queries, utilise tools like Postman, and create automated test suites
- An understanding of Git, Azure DevOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines, with a clear vision of how QA integrates into modern DevOps practices
- Conceptual or hands-on understanding of message queues like Service Bus
- A proven track record in agile environments, using 'shift-left' practices to uncover potential issues early in the lifecycle
- Expert-level ability to translate Product Owner requirements and Acceptance Criteria into concrete test conditions, edge-case scenarios, and robust test data
- Comprehensive knowledge of both functional and non-functional testing, with the communication skills to guide your squad on what to test and why
- Tenacious, detail-oriented, and inherently curious when debugging complex systems
- A forward-thinking mindset eager to leverage AI to optimize QA workflows and knowledge sharing, balanced with a strict adherence to data governance, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance