Junior Test Automation Engineer in a digital insurance provider, engaged in collaborative technology engineering within a supportive team.
About the role
- QA Test Engineer at Pogust Goodhead, ensuring quality assurance processes and leading automation efforts. Engaging in testing for consumer litigation and environmental justice cases.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the QA function and build it from the ground up
- Define and implement a scalable QA strategy aligned with team growth
- Create and drive test strategy, test plans, regression approach, and release validation processes
- Introduce and maintain a sustainable automation framework (UI & API)
- Establish and continuously improve a reliable regression testing process
- Perform end-to-end testing across UI → API → database → integrations
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Improve overall product quality and reduce production defects
- Act as a quality advocate within Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban)
- Challenge requirements and implementation decisions where quality risks exist
- Define quality metrics and release readiness standards
- Continuously improve tools, coverage, and QA processes over time
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in QA / Test Engineering (mid–senior level)
- Experience setting up or significantly improving QA processes
- Strong experience with test automation (UI and API)
- Hands-on experience with UI automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or similar)
- Experience with API testing and automation (e.g., Postman/Newman, RestAssured, Karate or similar)
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience testing modern web applications (SPA-style frontends)
- Strong understanding of REST APIs and authentication flows (OAuth, JWT, etc.)
- Ability to write SQL queries and validate data at the database level
- End-to-end testing mindset across system layers
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently
- Willingness to learn and work within the Salesforce ecosystem
- Experience testing Salesforce (custom objects, Apex, Experience Cloud, integrations)
- Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., k6, JMeter)
- Basic security testing knowledge
- Experience with test management tools (Xray, TestRail, Zephyr or similar)
- Experience defining quality metrics and release readiness criteria
- Experience working in AWS or Azure environments
- Basic programming skills (Java, JavaScript, or Python)
- Experience using AI tools to support test design and automation
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Private pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee referral bonus
- E-bikes and gym discounts (available through salary sacrifice scheme)
- Season ticket loans
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