Automation Engineer
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Job Location:
Manchester - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
As a result of our ongoing expansion we are seeking an Automation Engineer to empower developers and testers to create and execute tests efficiently by equipping them with optimal tools frameworks and infrastructure.
In this role you will play a pivotal part in testing our D2C products and up/downstream systems.
Driving the advancement of test development and execution you will be expected to recommend best practices whenever appropriate. The role covers a broad spectrum including manual & automated web mobile and API testing. Therefore a deep understanding of test strategies and methodologies is crucial for success in this position.
You must have:
- Understanding of JavaScript (TypeScript and )
- Knowledge of web and mobile testing technologies
- Experience with test frameworks and automation tools
- Knowledge and experience in automated web mobile application and services testing
- A passion for test infrastructure test architecture and CI/CD
- Possess an agile mind-set fast to adapt to constant changes and comfortable with it
- Ability to work with other developers to ensure that systems are designed for reliability and testability
Familiarity with any of the following technologies would be advantageous:
- Cucumber Gherkin
- Cypress Playwright K6
- WebdriverIO Appium
- SoapUI Postman
- TeamCity Jenkins
- BitBucket Git
- BrowserStack
- BDD TDD Unit Testing
About Us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 644000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than 103.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments and by continuously striving to make investing easier we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018 AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol we now have over 1500 employees and have been named one of the UKs Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years and in 2024 and 2025 named a Great Place to Work.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork we have a great sense of pride in what we do and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
What we offer
- Competitive starting salary
- Starting holiday entitlement of 25 increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual free share awards scheme
- Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
- Health Cash Plan provided by Simply Health
- Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
- Free gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike loan scheme
- Sick pay pledge
- Enhanced maternity paternity and shared parental leave
- Loans for travel season tickets
- Death in service scheme
- Paid time off for volunteer work
- Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
- Calendar of social events including monthly payday drinks annual Christmas party summer party and much more
- Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals including access to personal skills workshops
- Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
- Casual dress code
- Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working
At AJ Bell our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. Thats why we offer a hybrid working model where youll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race sex gender identity sexual orientation age pregnancy religion physical and mental disability marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above or just want to know more about the company and the role wed love to speak to you.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Automotive software
- Test Cases
- Electrical Engineering
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- Java
- Test Automation
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
About Company
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers, to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 542,000 customers using our award-win ... View more
