Test Automation Engineer (Playwright)

Test Automation Engineer (Automation)

Location: Remote/Hybrid as required
Start Date: End of September / Early October 2026
Duration: Initial 3-month contract

Essential Skills & Experience

• Minimum 2-3 years' commercial experience with Playwright (more preferred).
• Proven experience designing and implementing test automation frameworks from scratch.
• TypeScript coding and technical depth
• Strong experience in UI test automation
• Ability to work closely with technical and business teams to establish automation standards and best practices.
• Experience mentoring/coaching teams and sharing automation knowledge. (working with Haden (our perm resource)

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build a Playwright-based automation framework for the Nexus Programme.
• Develop and maintain automated UI test suites.
• Work closely with the Calculations Team to transfer knowledge and embed automation practices.
• Establish automation standards, reusable components, and framework governance.
• Support the wider programme in increasing automation coverage and improving quality assurance processes.

Desirable Skills

• Performance testing - advantageous
• Experience using Xray as a Test Management tool. advantageous
• Previous experience within the Pensions sector advantageous
• Performance testing experience (e.g. JMeter, k6, LoadRunner or similar) advantageous