Software Developer in Test (SDET) - Fully Remote Company Overview: Our client is an innovative fintech scale-up transforming digital payment infrastructure. With significant growth and investment behind them, they are now building a new Test Automation function to sit at the heart of their engineering and product capability. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on creating strategy as well as hands-on delivery. Role Overview: This is a unique opportunity to help establish and lead a brand-new Test Automation function from the ground up. You will be responsible for shaping the testing strategy, building frameworks, and embedding automation across a fast-paced software engineering team. Working closely with product, architecture, and DevOps, you'll create scalable and reliable solutions that support continuous delivery and high-quality outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Design, implement and evolve a robust test automation strategy and framework across the SDLC Own the delivery of automated solutions for UI, API, database, performance and integration testing Lead test planning, strategy and tooling adoption across multiple product lines Champion continuous testing, shift-left approaches and modern test engineering practices Collaborate with engineering leadership to provide regular insight on coverage, velocity and quality Essential Skills & Experience: 4-6 years' experience in an SDET or equivalent QA automation engineering role Proven experience leading or building test automation capabilities within a fast-paced engineering team Strong programming background in C#, Java, JavaScript or Python Experience with modern automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured, Mocha, Cucumber) Hands-on experience automating API, UI, backend and non-functional test scenarios Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles Strong communication skills and the ability to engage stakeholders across engineering and product Desirable: Why Apply? Fully-Remote working Competitive salary up to £60k Annual bonus Generous holiday allowance Great range of benefits For more information on this opportunity, connect with Neill Ferguson on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below. Skills: sdet automation qa remote Benefits: Work From Home