Test Automation Engineer
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Job Summary
Role: Test Automation Engineer
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 3-6 months initially with likelihood of extensions
Location: Glasgow
Role Purpose
We are seeking a highly skilled Test Automation Engineer to work with an Investment Bank in Glasgow 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.
Must have the following to apply:
Broader business knowledge within payments or investment banking.
Strong programming skills in Python.
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.
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
