Overview

QA Automation Engineer – FinTech Scale-Up/ 100% remote

Location: UK (100% Remote) | Salary: £60 000 - £65 000 + excellent benefits

What you’ll Be Doing

• Championing quality across the entire product development lifecycle
• Creating comprehensive and structured test plans, test cases, and test strategies
• Designing and maintaining automated test frameworks
• Expanding and optimising regression test packs to maintain high test coverage
• Identifying and documenting defects, collaborating with teams to ensure timely resolution
• Influencing system architecture from a testability perspective
• Tracking and reporting quality metrics across platforms
• Keeping up to date with emerging tools, trends and techniques in automation and testing

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience testing systems in financial services, ideally with exposure to Fintech or high-value transaction systems
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies and best practices
• Experience using Cypress for automation testing
• Proficient in JavaScript and SQL
• Confident working with both white-box and black-box testing approaches
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical mindset
• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Experience using AI tools to support test planning and analysis is a plus

Interview Process

Transparency and efficiency are key to this process. Here\'s what to expect:

1. Initial Application + Questionnaire – After applying, you\'ll be sent a short questionnaire focused on your approach to QA processes and methodology.
2. First Stage Interview – An introductory conversation with the Hiring Manager to explore mutual fit and expectations.
3. Technical Task – A home-based task to complete in your own time.
4. Second Stage Interview – A walkthrough of your completed task with the Hiring Manager.
5. Final Stage Interview – A company fit discussion with the CTO or Tech Director.

We appreciate that this process includes a few steps, but the client has assured us it will be smooth and fast-moving — as long as candidates are responsive and move at a similar pace with the task and questionnaire stages.

If you\u2019re excited by the idea of joining a nimble, collaborative team working at the heart of financial innovation — we\u2019d love to hear from you.