QA Engineer - Automation

QA Engineer - Automation (API Testing) Location: London (100% Remote) Our Client is hiring for a reputed client. If you enjoy building reliable automation, tightening quality feedback loops and helping teams ship with…

Outside IR35 Remote IT
Pay rate £180 – £220/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 4 September 2026

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QA Engineer - Automation (API Testing)
Location: London (100% Remote)

Our Client is hiring for a reputed client. If you enjoy building reliable automation, tightening quality feedback loops and helping teams ship with confidence, this is a great opportunity to make quality part of everyday engineering.

What you'll be doing:
* Design and evolve an automation approach across your product area (API, UI, contract, component and more)
* Build, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts
* Integrate automation deeply into CI/CD pipelines, optimising parallel runs for deterministic, stable outputs
* Investigate flaky tests, identify root causes, and drive reliability standards
* Troubleshoot complex automation failures and recommend corrective actions
* Provide meaningful reporting that highlights real risks, not just raw numbers
* Review automation code and mentor junior/mid-level automation engineers
* Create reusable components, utilities and libraries to improve efficiency and maintainability
* Work with developers, product managers and DevOps engineers to ensure fast, stable, trustworthy releases
* Support compliance and security alignment relevant to healthcare data systems (where applicable)

What you'll bring:
* Proven experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks
* Strong expertise in API testing and automation (automation desirable, or you can learn and support the team)
* Solid programming skills in Java and Python
* Hands-on CI/CD experience integrating automated tests into pipelines
* Experience with SDLC/STLC and Agile methodologies
* The ability to lead continuous improvement-making frameworks cleaner, faster, and easier for others to build on
* Confidence reviewing automation code, spotting issues early, and promoting good test coding habits

Additional information:
* Outside IR35
* 3 months initially, with potential extensions if demand continues
* Pay for your own BPSS
* You can use your own laptop (any make/model)

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we'd love to hear from you-apply today to be considered for this remote QA Engineer - Automation (API Testing) role.

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