qa engineer (auto) in fintech

The company develops a sophisticated digital platform that helps users make more informed financial decisions. Its cross-functional engineering teams combine product, engineering, and quality expertise, with a focus on automation, AI-enabled workflows, and engineering best practices.

• Design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks;
• Create automated tests for web applications and API services;
• Support quality assurance across frontend and backend systems;
• Perform regression, functional, and smoke testing;
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and QA colleagues to ensure solutions are testable and scalable;
• Use AI tools to improve testing efficiency, accelerate development cycles, and reduce repetitive manual work;
• Contribute to CI/CD processes and quality gates within the software delivery lifecycle;
• Support the development of a robust automation architecture that can scale with platform growth;
• Help improve data quality validation and testing processes.

• Strong commercial experience with Java or Kotlin;
• Experience building automated testing solutions from scratch or significantly enhancing existing frameworks;
• Strong API testing experience using tools such as Rest Assured, Postman, or similar;
• Experience testing JSON and XML payloads;
• UI automation experience with Selenium, Playwright, or comparable tools;
• Understanding of software testing principles, automation frameworks, and quality engineering best practices;
• Experience working with Jira and Agile delivery environments;
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes;
• Comfortable working across both frontend and backend systems;
• Experience using AI tools within an engineering workflow;
• Familiarity with SQL and data validation techniques;
• Nice to have: Exposure to Claude and N8N.

• Base salary up to £75,000;
• Potential equity review following successful completion of probation;
• 25 Days annual leave with the option to carry over up to 5 days;
• Work-from-home equipment provided on request;
• Enhanced parental leave policies;
• Study support and dedicated time for learning;
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme;
• Electric car scheme;
• Cycle to Work scheme;
• Workplace nursery scheme;
• Gym benefit;
• Mental health and wellbeing support;
• Regular seasonal and team social events;
• Opportunity to influence automation strategy and AI-enabled quality engineering practices;
• Clear scope for professional growth within a scaling technology business.