Automation Test Engineer

Who We Are:

interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future.

We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs.

We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights.

Purpose of the Role:

The Automation Engineer will work as part of a dynamic delivery team reporting into the QA Test Team Lead. In this role, the Automation Engineer will ensure the quality and reliability of our software by planning, executing, and reporting on testing across a range of projects—from small enhancements to multi-million-pound initiatives. Working closely with cross-functional teams, they will play a key role in both manual and automated testing across the full software development lifecycle, including the design, execution, and maintenance of test cases and test scripts. Manual testing will focus on functional, exploratory, usability, and complex scenarios where human judgment adds value, while automation will be applied to regression, integration, and other repeatable test activities to accelerate delivery, improve coverage, and reduce risk.

Key Accountabilities
Test Planning & Execution

• Represent QA in Agile and Waterfall delivery models
  
  
• Attend Agile Ceremonies, provide input into test estimates, test approaches, and test completion reports
  
  
• Create, maintain, and execute both manual and automated test cases aligned to project requirements and user stories
  
  
• Conduct risk-based testing in line with the overall test strategy
  
  
• Define and input test data into the test environment ensuring accuracy before use
  
  
• Participation in Analysis / Design Review / Solution Design meetings to inform test strategies
  
  
• Support test activities post-implementation and during warranty periods
  
  
• Communicate progress to all interested parties within the agreed timescales
  
  Quality Assurance & Governance
  
  
• Ensure functional and non-functional testing meets both business and technical quality standards
  
  
• Own defect management: logging, tracking, prioritising, and retesting
  
  
• Participate in reviews of requirements, design, and analysis documentation, and coding peer reviews
  
  
• Ensure all code is performant and adheres to security best practices and control standards.
  
  Tooling & Automation
  
  
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts using WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, with JavaScript (Typescript)
  
  
• Develop reusable test components, support CI/CD integration ( GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc), and generate automated reports
  
  
• Execute automated regression packs as part of continuous testing pipelines
  
  
• Conduct performance and load testing and support the testing of other non-functional requirements
  
  Technical Proficiency
  
  
• Proficient using test tools such as JIRA, BrowserStack, Confluence, Postman
  
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  
  
• Solid understanding of systems architecture, microservices, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  
  
• Demonstrable experience of the software development lifecycle
  
  
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
  
  Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required
  
  Ability to prioritise effectively and be committed to project implementation
  
  Ability to set an example of professionalism through personal attitude
  
  Offering a flexible approach to working
  
  ISTQB/ISEB certified (Foundation or Advanced level)
  
  Extensive testing experience in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  
  Experience of Web and Mobile testing
  
  Proven experience managing testing across small and large-scale projects
  
  Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  
  Proven Extensive experience in automated testing with WebdriverIO, Playwright, and Selenium, including framework development with JavaScript/TypeScript
  
  Experience in test data management and mocking services
  
  CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  
  Cloud & Microservices: Understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, containerised testing
  
  Benefits:
  
  Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
  
  Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
  
  Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
  
  25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
  
  Staff Discounts on our investment products
  
  Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness
  
  Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
  
  Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle
  
  Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful.
  
  interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation—whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive