Test Automation Engineer

I.T. & Communications
Glasgow
April 30, 2026
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Glasgow, United Kingdom Posted on 27/04/2026

Contract Length: 3-6 months initially with likelihood of extensions

Location: Glasgow

Role Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled TestAutomation Engineer to work with an Investment Bank in Glasgow or Bournemouth, tasked with supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for a Market Expansion programme in Payments. As a Test Automation Engineer, you will focus on building and maintaining automated solutions for end-to-end (E2E) flows, ensuring robust deployment and operational excellence across our engineering landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and deploy automation services, ensuring stability and reliability across environments.
  • Investigate and resolve failures in automated flows, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
  • Extend proof of concept (POC) code into robust services and ensure ongoing sanity testing post deployment or changes.
  • Collaborate with users to capture, analyse, and resolve issues encountered during UAT.
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive FAQ documenting common issues and their resolutions.
  • Monitor and track the performance of tool releases to ensure no degradation in service quality.
  • Work closely with the test engineering team to share knowledge and drive best practices in automation.

Key Skills and Experience

  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or Java.
  • Experience with cloud hosting platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for deploying and managing services.
  • Proven ability to maintain and troubleshoot automated testing solutions.
  • Basic understanding of payments processes and business flows.
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Effective communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

  • Prior experience in a User Acceptance Testing environment.
  • Familiarity with automation frameworks and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Experience in building user facing documentation and FAQs.
  • Broader business knowledge within payments or investment banking.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a cross functional team.

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