Full Description

Location: London

Start date: Immediate

The role

• AlphaSights is looking for a self-driven QA Automation Engineer to join the Software Engineering Team. We are a digital business in which continuous uptime and product quality and user experience are critical to success. The role of the QA Automation Engineer therefore represents a visible and valued opportunity to have an immediate impact. Working alongside Software Engineering and Product Management, you will focus on designing and implementing automated testing solutions that drive development quality at scale, ensuring our applications are reliable, scalable, and meet the highest standards, across frontend, backend, and APIs.
• You will be given areas of responsibility and be expected to manage your own time. You will need to maintain a positive, problem-solving mindset, and be attracted by the challenge of delivering seamless user experiences through robust test automation.in a fast-paced environment. You must be proactive, creative, and enjoy interacting with other people. You will always be looking for ways to improve your own work while at the same time being committed to helping the wider team succeed. You are excited to make the most of on-the-job and classroom-based learning, and the opportunity to dive into the field of IT through exposure to a wide array of different technologies, regions, and challenges.
• Working largely with the teams based in London/Portugal, you will also have the opportunity to work with teams based in other offices across EMEA, US and Asia.

What you’ll do

• Design and develop automated test plans and suites across multiple projects to validate software functionality and ensure regression coverage
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and infrastructure and provide tools for developers to test their own code
• Lead test automation efforts while performing targeted manual testing when needed, such as exploratory testing, UI validation, and edge case verification
• Create, manage, and maintain test data to support automated testing across environments, ensuring consistency and reproducibility of test results
• Support robust testing through API test automation, test data management, and cross-platform validation across browsers and devices
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for fast and continuous feedback
• Monitor, triage, and investigate test failures, raising clear and actionable bugs
• Provide feedback for UI/UX improvements/enhancements
• Continuously contribute to the overall improvement of testing tools, processes, and team best practices

Who you are

• You probably have a degree in a STEM subject, but we’re happy to work with people who perfected their craft via a different route.
• Experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team, and looking to take your career to the next level. We’re looking for people who have incredible potential.
• Technical expertise building and maintaining automated test frameworks using modern tools (ideally Cypress or Playwright) and at least one programming language such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Java. Strong understanding of backend APIs, data validation (SQL/NoSQL), and CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with frontend testing (ideally React-based applications) and API or integration testing in distributed systems.
• Proven track record – you’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers.
• Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes.
• Meticulous – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience setting up or scaling automation frameworks from scratch
• Experience with native mobile application testing, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture
• Experience with performance, load, or security testing tools
• Learn more about our tech organization! Don’t worry if your experience or background doesn’t match all of these areas, we believe a broad spectrum of experience provides great perspective on solving problems in new and innovative ways and we’d love to hear from you.
• AlphaSights is an equal opportunity employer.