Head of Automation
AI experience or knowledge required
Fully remote
Up to £85k + bonus
We are working with a successful Test Consultancy who work with multiple high profile and SME accounts.
They are a very forward thinking business, always striving to introduce the best and latest technologies for their clients.
Candidates must have experience in, or a very good understanding of, the benefits of Artificial Intelligence within test.
This is a hands on role which will utilise your experience in automation, driving continuous improvements and leading a team of QA Engineers and Developers.
Skills and experience will include:
* Point of escalation for Automation Services and QA Engineers and Development resource
* Owner of the Automation product set, planning and managing enhancements with the team
* Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into actionable automation (and possibly AI strategies)
* Focus on continuous QA improvements including usage of appropriate testing tools, test techniques, test automation including future technology opportunities (AI would be particularly interesting)
* Keep QA best practice standards up to date, along with supporting documentation for service support, onboarding, and maintenance
* Accountable for the test automation projects, mentor, and provide leadership to the QA automation developers and Leads
Tech experience including:
* Designed and built automation frameworks on a range of technology and toolsets covering Unit, API, UI level automation, including but not limited to – Selenium, Specflow, Serenity BDD/Specflow, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, Rest Assured, Jmeter, BrowserStack, Saucelabs (or similar).
* Experience of coding with Java and .Net environments
* Experience of codeless automation tools, and ERP tool extensions (e.g. ATF in ServiceNow)
* Knowledge of automation solutions for non-functional phases of testing such as Accessibility, Performance, and Security.
* Providing automation solutions within a CI/CD environment
* Implementing automation across Cloud based pipelines and implementations such as Azure and AWS.
* Ideally, an understanding of the potential of AI within the QA landscape
This is a fully remote role with occasional visits to Head Office.