QA Automation Engineer Perm Up to £75,000 Work Type: Hybrid - 3 days a week on site Location: Mansfield, UK This global retail leader is transforming the shopping experience through digital innovation and unique store concepts. With a portfolio of premium, sports, and luxury brands, the company is dedicated to delivering the world's best products to its customers while rethinking the future of retail. The organisation operates with a bold, fast-paced culture that values forward thinking, ownership, and relevance. Team members are encouraged to take initiative, embrace challenges, and help shape the future of retail. The company offers a flexible hybrid working model with two days working from home and three days on-site in the Shirebrook office. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. The QA Engineer will join a collaborative, cross-functional team, bringing expertise in both manual and automated testing. This role focuses on embedding quality throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring that testing is proactive and continuous. The successful candidate will work across web and mobile platforms, applying modern quality engineering practices and supporting a culture of excellence. Key Responsibilities Plan, design, and execute manual and automated test cases for web and mobile applications Build and maintain automated test suites using Playwright Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to ensure quality from the outset Apply BDD techniques to create shared understanding and clear acceptance criteria Participate in design reviews, backlog refinement, and sprint ceremonies Conduct exploratory, regression, and smoke testing across multiple environments Work with DevOps to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines Contribute to performance and security testing strategies Document and report defects clearly, supporting timely resolution Advocate for a 'Quality at Source' mindset across the team Required Skills and Experience Hands-on experience in software testing (manual and automation) Experience testing mobile applications (manual and automated) Must show evidence of 'shift-left' approach - must show evidence of early testing involvement Focus on non-functional testing as well as functional Strong proficiency with Playwright and JavaScript Familiarity with BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow) Experience working in Agile or Lean environments Knowledge of performance and security testing fundamentals Proficiency with tools such as JIRA, Git, and CI/CD systems Strong communication skills, both verbal and written A collaborative team player who thrives in a hybrid work environment Nice to Have Experience working in retail or consumer-facing product teams Knowledge of monitoring, analytics, or observability tools Exposure to testing in microservices architectures