Automation QA Test Engineer £70,000 - Bristol

I am recruiting for an experience QA Test Automation Engineer to join my client in central Bristol ( 2 days a week in the office). They are the most incredible tech for good company using AI to build tools that make life easier for people who need additional support. The product is meaningful, impactful, and something you will feel proud to be part of.

In this role you will be the sole QA within the business. For the first six months you will have support from a manual tester who will take responsibility for manual testing, giving you space to focus on building and driving automation. There is already a QA foundation in place from a previous tester, so you will have existing processes and some automation to build on, or the freedom to reimagine and improve it if that is the right approach.

You will be testing across both web and native mobile applications within a React based monorepo spanning web, Android and iOS. While most functionality sits in the web platform, the differences in behaviour across devices and platforms create real depth and complexity, making this a genuinely interesting testing environment.

The tech stack includes Playwright for web automation, WebDriverIO, Appium and BrowserStack for mobile automation, TypeScript, Mocha, Cucumber, Jira, and a bespoke in house LLM test harness. There is already strong unit test coverage in place, giving you a solid base to build a robust end to end automation strategy.

You will take ownership of QA strategy end to end, driving automation forward with a strong focus on modern tooling. This is a hands on role where you will balance manual and automated testing where needed, introduce structure and process in a way that adds value without unnecessary overhead, and work closely with developers and product in a highly collaborative environment.

As the business moves towards becoming a medical device company, you will also play a key role in helping mature QA practices to align with more rigorous standards, while maintaining the agility and pace of a startup. Although it is early stage, the team already has strong processes in place due to the nature of their product, , so there is no startup chaos here.

The ideal person will be an experienced automation tester with strong web automation skills, ideally using Playwright, with mobile experience being a nice to have. You will be comfortable working independently, confident taking full ownership of QA end to end, and naturally curious about AI and large language models, with a genuine enjoyment of figuring things out.

Salary is up to £70,000 depending on experience. If you would like to hear more, please apply below to Sam Miller at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment