AI Automation Engineer - SC Cleared

AI Automation Engineer - SC clearance required - London / Leeds - Hybrid 2/3 days per week onsite

Exciting opportunity to join a leading finance house in either London or Leeds, you will have be able to demonstrate and evidence experience of delivering the below:

Key criteria:

* Proven, demonstratable experience in AI-driven and AI-assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI

* Proven experience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation

* Senior QA / SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop, and cloud testing

* Expertise in test automation frameworks including Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, and TestNG

* Capability in designing and delivering scalable automation frameworks and enterprise test strategies

* Extensive experience in end-to-end test lifecycle management, including test strategy, estimation, governance, and stakeholder engagement

* Deep knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps integration, using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

* Demonstrable success in large-scale automation delivery, including high-volume API automation and measurable cost optimisation

* Experience across cross-platform testing (web, mobile, API, desktop) with strong functional and automation coverage

* Practical experience with cloud-based and cross-browser testing platforms (e.g. BrowserStack, Perfecto)

* Strong collaboration and delivery focus across multi-project environments and distributed teams