Senior QA Automation Engineer Location: London (3 days in office) Salary: £70,000 benefits Overview The organisation is entering a period of growth and investment, strengthening its Quality Engineering capability to support consistent, reliable software delivery. We are seeking a Senior Technical Quality Engineer with strong test automation expertise to contribute to building, maintaining, and optimising automated testing across back-end systems. This is a hands-on technical role focused on building robust automation frameworks, improving test processes, supporting performance and security testing, and ensuring high-quality delivery throughout the pipeline. Key Responsibilities Configure and manage test data, batches, and pipelines for back-end services Build, enhance, and maintain test automation tooling and frameworks Implement automated tests using C# and SpecFlow Support and contribute to performance and security testing practices Identify issues early and propose practical solutions to improve quality Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure seamless delivery Provide technical guidance to colleagues (without line management duties) Qualifications & Experience Essential Strong hands-on experience with C# for automated testing Proven background in test automation within back-end systems Technical experience with: SQL .NET Python GIT Azure DevOps YAML pipelines Experience in performance and/or security testing Strong communication and collaboration skills Ability to analyse complex problems and recommend solutions Benefits Private medical insurance 6% pension Critical illness cover Life assurance Electric Vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme Interview Process A two-stage interview process assessing: Technical capability (automation, C#, SpecFlow or Reqnroll) Problem-solving approach Ability to learn and adapt (“driven to learn”) If you're open to continuing as a hands-on, senior engineer utilising your skills in back-end automation, this is a great environment to expand your career. The industry sector is going from strength to strength, performing extremely well. Now is the time to get involved.