QA Test Automation Engineer (Python).

SR2
Bath, Somerset, TA7 8PH, United Kingdom
5 days ago
£50,000 pa

Salary

£50,000 pa

Work Location
Remote
Posted
15 Apr 2026 (5 days ago)

I am recruiting for a Test Automation Engineer with experience of Python (experience with Playwright too would be a huge bonus but isn't essential) to join my client. They are happy to consider people on a fully remote basis as long as you are happy to travel to their office in Bath on occasion, please note you need to be UK based. The role will be paid a salary but will initially be for 12 months with the chance of it becoming fully permanent after.

You'll be joining a awesome fast growing company and will be joining an established QA team of 15 incredible humans and will be focusing primarily on automation for them. Automation runs across a range of internal and external systems and websites ,with lots of exciting new work alongside some legacy and inherited platforms from recent takeovers.

The core automation repository is already in place, so you'll be enhancing and maintaining existing solutions, with potential opportunities to modernise or even rebuild down the line. The role will predominantly be working with Python and Playwright for automation, BDD style using Behave, with some legacy Python/Selenium/Behave in the mix, covering multiple platforms and customer journeys. Any experience with enterprise systems like SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Salesforce, API testing, and complex integration's would also be useful but isn't essential. There are other experienced Test automation engineers to work with so you'll always have the support of others around you to bounce ideas off etc.

The environment is busy with lots going on and documentation can be limited, and requirements aren't always crystal clear, so you'll need to be the kind of person who can challenge requirements and ask the right questions.

The tech culture is people focused and led by a supportive CTO who champions work life balance, with teams finishing on time and no push for long hours.

Their ideal person will be experienced in test automation using Python for scripting with any experience working on enterprise systems useful.

Salary is up to £50,000, if you'd like to hear more please apply below to Sam Miller at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment

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