Senior QA Automation Engineer | Oxford |

Opus Recruitment Solutions
Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Last month
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Posted
23 Mar 2026 (Last month)

Senior QA Automation Engineer | Oxford/Hybrid | £55,000 - £65,000 |

JavaScript | Cypress | Playwright | CI/CD | Automation Tester | Performance Testing | Ecommerce |

Do you have experience working as a first QA Engineer?

Looking to have a real impact within an Engineering function?

I am currently supporting a brilliant E-commerce company that are looking to bring in their first Tester.

As the first QA Automation Engineer you will be playing a key role in setting up and establishing QA Practices and Standards.

They don't have a set Tech stack they want you to work with and will be taking your steer with this. You will be working within a cross functional team to Design and execute the QA strategy across mobile and Web, adopt a shift left mindset and act as point of escalation for quality issues.

Experience needed -

Designing and building test strategies

Previous experience working as a sole QA

Setting up automation frameworks with modern QA Tools like Playwright or CypressIf you have Performance testing experience this is a bonus.

What is in it for you?

Salary up to £65,000

Hybrid working (3 days onsite)

25 days annual leave + bank

Health cash plan

And moreThis is a brilliant chance for a QA Engineer looking to make a real impact within a company. If you’re interested please apply or pop over your CV to (url removed) to apply

No sponsorship is available.

JavaScript | Cypress | Playwright | CI/CD | Automation Tester | Performance Testing | Ecommerce

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