Senior Associate Quality Analyst - Automation

The role

As an Senior Automation Test Analyst at Davies Technology Solutions, you will be a valued member of our quality assurance team, responsible for automated test coverage using Playwright and supporting continuous integration and delivery practices. Your work will help us deliver reliable and high-quality solutions to our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and developers to understand project requirements and acceptance criteria.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for UI, API, and end-to-end scenarios

• Execute and maintain automated regression test suites

• Contribute to testing activities within agile delivery teams

• Identify and document defects and issues using appropriate bug tracking tools. Meticulously document defects, including replication steps, and proactively suggest remediation strategies.

• Build and maintain tests using the existing Playwright automation framework

• Follow established automation standards and best practices

• Contribute ideas to improve test coverage and efficiency

• Ensure test code is clean, maintainable, and reusable

• Support execution of automated tests within CI/CD pipelines

• Help ensure tests are stable and reliable

• Contribute to test reporting and quality metrics

• Work closely with developers and QA team members to ensure quality outcomes

• Participate in sprint ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews)

• Collaborate with senior team members to continuously improve automation practices

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Key skills and experience required.

• Experience in test automation in an agile environment
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, including: Writing robust tests, Working within or contributing to a framework
• Experience with modern programming languages (TypeScript/JavaScript preferred)
• Experience automating: UI journeys, APIs, End-to-end workflows
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Exposure to automation frameworks and structured test code
• Experience testing APIs and end-to-end workflows
• Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or similar
• Basic understanding of cloud environments (AWS/Azure)
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools.
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Ability to work effectively in an agile development environment.
• Strong team player with a commitment to fostering a cooperative and productive work environment.
• Experience working with high-volume transaction systems and regulated markets is a plus
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, enabling interaction with diverse stakeholders across the organisation.
• Strong team player with a commitment to fostering a cooperative and productive work environment.