Salary: £54,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Strong background in automation testing for microservices-based architectures. Hands-on experience building automation frameworks using Java or similar languages. Solid experience testing REST APIs, backend services, and service-to-service integrations. Proven experience validating data engineering pipelines (ETL/ELT, batch jobs, scheduled data builds). Strong SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation, and analysis. Experience with data warehouses, data lakes, or big-data platforms such as Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or Spark. Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). Experience working with Git-based version control. Exposure to cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture. Responsibilities: Work closely with cross-functional teams to drive automation and improve test maturity. Ensure the accuracy and resilience of data pipelines and backend services. Influence engineering best practices through technical insight and ownership. Develop and maintain automation frameworks for testing. Conduct validation of data engineering pipelines and related jobs. Test and ensure the quality of REST APIs and microservices. Collaborate in a hands-on capacity to build scalable and reliable data products. Technologies: AWS Redshift Azure BigQuery Backend CI/CD Cloud DevOps ETL GCP Git GitHub GitLab Java Jenkins REST SQL Snowflake Spark microservices More: We are a leading organization investing heavily in our data and engineering capabilities, seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer to enhance the quality of our complex, distributed systems. You will be part of a dynamic team that values technical depth and ownership. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive automation and ensure the delivery of high-quality services and data products at scale. Please note that this contract is inside IR35, requiring collaboration through an umbrella company for the duration of the project. last updated 16 week of 2026