Senior QA Engineer

Employer: Animal Friends

Location: Remote - UK

Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £55K - £60K per annum

Closing date: 02-10-2025

• Job description

  Location: Fully Remote or Hybrid

  
  Are you a passionate QA Automation Engineer who loves building robust, high-quality test frameworks? Ready to make a real impact in a team that values collaboration, hard work, and having fun along the way?

  Animal Friends is on a mission to provide the best possible care for the nation's pets, and we need your expertise to ensure our digital products are second to none. We're looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join us on a 12-month contract, helping us shape and drive our automation strategy forward.

  
  What you’ll be doing:

  You won't just be running tests; you'll be building the foundations of quality. You’ll take the lead in extending our test automation frameworks using modern tools like Playwright and Cypress. Your day-to-day will involve:

  • Building what matters: Implementing and expanding our automation frameworks (JavaScript/TypeScript) across API, component, and E2E tests.

  • Driving quality: Championing best practices, maintaining our regression packs, and ensuring our CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) are fast and reliable.

  • Mentoring the team: Sharing your knowledge, pairing with other QAs, and conducting code reviews to foster a culture of clean, maintainable test code.

  • Collaborating for success: Working closely with developers, BAs, and product owners to ensure we’re building the right things, right.

  What you’ll bring:

  You’re a seasoned QA who is as comfortable writing clean code as you are strategising test plans. You thrive in an agile environment and are passionate about coaching others. We're looking for:

  • Deep expertise in test automation with modern frameworks like Playwright or Cypress.

  • Proven experience in API testing (Postman, Axios) and a solid grasp of SQL.

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly in Azure DevOps.

  • A collaborative spirit and a genuine passion for mentoring and elevating the team around you.

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts for everyone.

  Why Animal Friends?

  We're a team that pulls together to achieve amazing things. We work hard, celebrate our successes, and genuinely care about what we do. Here, you’ll find a supportive environment where you can make a tangible impact on projects that matter to millions of pet owners. We value a healthy work-life balance and are committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive.

  
  Sound like your kind of challenge?

  Apply now to join a fantastic team and help us build the future of pet insurance. We can't wait to hear from you!

  
  Benefits of working with Animal Friends 

  We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to get from us:

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off

  • Fully paid day off for charity work

  • 95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation app JOII

  • We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub

  • We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of the quarter’s choice

  • Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team

  Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

  We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.

  As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances. 

  Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

  All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.

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