Software Engineer In Test Automation

TL;DR

Software Engineer in Test Automation: Designing and implementing scalable quality systems and automated guardrails for FT's digital products with an accent on building automation frameworks and integrating with CI/CD systems. Focus on ensuring high confidence in every deployment across web and mobile platforms and improving pipeline stability.

Location: Hybrid (London, UK)

Company

The hirify.global is a globally recognized news organization known for its authority, integrity, and accuracy, delivering quality information and services worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, reusable, and scalable automated test frameworks using tools like Selenium, Cypress, Appium, or Playwright.
• Integrate automated tests in CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, reliable delivery.
• Analyse user stories and system architecture to define effective and proportionate test coverage.
• Collaborate with teams to shift quality left by identifying risks early and integrating testability into software design.
• Investigate flaky tests, failures, and false positives contributing to root cause analysis and resolution.
• Support teams to deliver quality software without reliance on central QA.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing test strategies, not just writing tests (unit, integration, E2E, and trade-offs between them).
• Experience designing and implementing automated guardrails that protect platform quality at scale.
• Experience defining and using quality signals to support release decisions.
• Experience enabling multiple teams to deliver quality software without central QA dependency.
• Experience building and maintaining automated quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong programming skills (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Python) with the ability to build maintainable, scalable test and quality tooling.

Nice to have

• Experience defining platform-level quality standards, guardrails, and release criteria across multiple teams.
• Experience improving or replacing flaky E2E test strategies with more effective approaches.
• Familiarity with observability and production monitoring (e.g. Splunk, Grafana) and using these as quality signals.

Culture & Benefits

• Embraced a 50% hybrid working model (averaging two to three days onsite) that fosters trust and remote adaptability while encouraging in-person camaraderie and peer learning.
• Open to accommodating specific flexible working pattern requests for all roles where feasible.
• Generous annual leave and medical cover.
• Inclusive parental leave packages.
• Subsidised gym memberships.
• Opportunities to give back to the community.