QA Automation Engineer

R13 Recruitment are partnering with an innovative and growing technology business in their search for a QA Automation Engineer to join their highly collaborative engineering team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a quality-focused testing professional to take ownership of the QA function, driving automation strategy whilst maintaining a strong focus on exploratory and risk-based manual testing. Working closely with senior technical stakeholders, you will play a key role in ensuring software quality, shaping testing processes and helping the business leverage emerging AI technologies to support an evolving development environment.

Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm working one day week from Norwich-based offices and four from home. Salary is offered at £40,000 - £48,000 DOE.

The Company

This established software business delivers specialist technology solutions to a professional client base across a highly regulated sector. With continued growth, significant investment in technology, and a strong engineering culture, they are focused on building scalable, high-quality products whilst embracing innovation and emerging technologies.

The successful candidate will join a forward-thinking team where quality is viewed as a shared responsibility and where there is genuine opportunity to influence processes, tooling and technical direction.5

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement
• 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Bank holidays
• Free onsite parking
• Health cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Exposure to emerging AI technologies and modern engineering practices
• Direct collaboration with senior leadership and technical decision makers

The Day to Day

• Owning and developing the organisation's automated testing strategy.
• Designing, building and maintaining automated test coverage across regression, integration and end-to-end testing layers.
• Creating and maintaining automated monitoring solutions to identify issues before they impact customers.
• Carrying out exploratory and risk-based manual testing across software products.
• Developing and executing comprehensive test plans for new features and releases.
• Leading release quality sign-off activities and assessing associated risks.
• Working closely with developers to identify edge cases and potential failure points early in the development lifecycle.
• Researching, implementing and optimising AI-powered quality assurance tools and processes.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across testing methodologies and QA practices.
• Supporting the development of quality standards, governance processes and testing frameworks.
• Monitoring quality metrics and identifying opportunities to improve automation coverage and efficiency.
• Collaborating across technical teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

You Will Have / Be

• Proven experience building and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Strong experience with Playwright or similar automation technologies.
• Solid manual and exploratory testing experience.
• Previous experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, quality assurance principles and best practice.
• Experience working closely with software development teams.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C#, JavaScript or Python.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to quality improvement.
• Ability to balance automation, manual testing and risk-based decision making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A genuine interest in emerging technologies and the role AI can play within software quality.
• Experience with API, contract or integration testing (desirable).
• Exposure to CI/CD environments such as GitHub Actions (desirable).
• Experience using AI-assisted testing or quality assurance tools (desirable).
• Experience within regulated or professional services environments (desirable).
• Knowledge of performance or security testing (desirable).
• ISTQB or equivalent testing certification (desirable).

How to Apply

To hear more details about this fantastic opportunity, please email your CV to Rebecca Headden – Business Partner at R13 Recruitment. If you do not hear from us within 5 working days upon initial submission of your CV, please assume you have been unsuccessful.

For candidates applying from outside the local region, please include a brief covering note outlining your relocation plans, current location, and anticipated timeframe for moving. Applications without this information may not be considered further.