QA Automation Engineer

Remote-First with occasional team meet-ups at their office in Bath, UK.

Please note: Our Client does NOT provide visa sponsorship. Applications requiring sponsorship will not be considered.

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our Client is a fast-growing FinTech company that develops cloud-based SaaS platforms for financial institutions across the globe, with a particularly strong presence in the UK, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.

Backed by a $1B private equity firm based in San Francisco, the business is investing heavily in its products, people and international expansion.

The company combines the innovation and agility of a modern technology scale-up with the stability of an established business, having successfully operated since 1992.

ABOUT THE ROLE

For more than 30 years, the company's software has delivered an exceptional track record of reliability, with no customer ever experiencing a full day of disruption or outage. This is underpinned by a rigorous and uncompromising approach to Quality Assurance, ensuring every release is thoroughly tested before reaching customers.

To support continued growth, we are recruiting a QA Engineer to join a close-knit Quality Assurance team of around five people. This is a brand-new position, created to strengthen the QA function as the wider engineering team continues to expand.

You'll work closely with a team of approximately 10 Software Engineers within a modern QA environment that combines both manual and automated testing.

The primary focus of this role will be to further enhance the company's automation testing capability, making a strong background in test automation essential. We're looking for someone with hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites using Cypress and TypeScript, while also being comfortable carrying out manual testing where required. You'll be passionate about software quality, enjoy collaborating closely with developers, and take pride in delivering reliable, thoroughly tested software.

What makes this opportunity particularly exciting is the chance to become the QA team's AI Champion. As the business embraces an increasingly agentic software development lifecycle, you'll have the opportunity to help shape its AI-powered testing strategy, exploring how AI can accelerate automation, improve software quality, and enhance the overall testing process.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

3+ years' commercial experience within Software Testing / Quality Assurance

Experience testing SaaS products or enterprise software (Financial Services experience would be advantageous)

Hands-on experience building automation frameworks using Cypress and TypeScript

Strong manual testing experience, including Regression, Exploratory, User Acceptance (UAT) and End-to-End (E2E) testing

Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing within modern development environments

A proactive, self-starting mindset with the ability to take ownership of testing initiatives

ISTQB certification (desirable)

WORKING ARRANGEMENT

This role is primarily remote, giving you the flexibility to work from home while remaining closely connected to the wider team. Approximately once per quarter, you'll be invited to attend a company Town Hall in Bath, bringing colleagues together to celebrate successes, reflect on challenges, and share plans for the months ahead.

These events are highly interactive and include lunch, team-building activities, and optional evening social events for those who wish to stay. They're a fantastic opportunity to collaborate face-to-face, strengthen relationships across the business, and be part of the company's inclusive and supportive culture.