Quality Automation Engineer

£45,000 - 66,000 GBP Bonus, Pension, Benefits Hybrid WORKING Location: Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Quality Automation Engineer Location: Leeds Salary: £45,000 - £66,000 + Excellent Benefits Company Overview Our client is a globally recognised technology and consulting organisation that partners with leading private and public sector businesses to deliver innovative digital solutions. With a strong focus on engineering excellence, continuous innovation and modern software delivery practices, they help organisations transform complex challenges into high-performing digital products and services. Role Overview This is an exciting opportunity for a talented Quality Automation Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team focused on improving software quality, delivery efficiency and customer outcomes. Working within agile, multidisciplinary teams, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing modern test automation strategies, building scalable automation frameworks and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This position combines hands-on technical delivery with the opportunity to influence quality best practices, collaborate with developers and stakeholders, and help drive continuous improvement across complex digital environments. You'll work on a diverse range of projects, leveraging modern automation tooling, AI-assisted engineering capabilities and cloud-based technologies to deliver high-quality solutions at scale. What They're Looking For • Demonstrable experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation or Software Testing roles. • Strong understanding of automated testing principles and modern quality engineering practices. • Hands-on coding experience using at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript. • Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks and test suites. • Exposure to modern automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress or similar technologies. • Knowledge of AI-assisted development and quality engineering approaches, including tools such as GitHub Copilot or comparable solutions. • Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern software delivery environments would be advantageous. • Comfortable working within Agile delivery teams and collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing engineering team and play a key role in delivering high-quality digital solutions.