Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead

Spencer Rose are looking for an experienced Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead who can take end-to-end ownership of testing and help shape the overall quality and automation strategy for our Banking client located in Central London. Start: ASAP Location: City of London - 2 days a week onsite Rate: (Apply online only) per INSIDE IR35 Duration: 6-12 month contract The ideal candidate should be a strong hands-on automation engineer as well as a technical test leader. They should be capable of taking a project from having limited automation to establishing a robust E2E functional and performance testing framework from scratch, while providing leadership and direction to the wider testing team. Key Responsibilities Take end-to-end ownership of testing activities, from test planning and strategy through execution, automation and reporting. Define and shape the overall test strategy, automation approach and quality processes. Design and build E2E test automation frameworks from scratch covering both functional and performance testing. Develop, maintain and enhance scalable automation solutions using Playwright. Drive automation across UI, API and end-to-end testing. Design and execute performance, load, stress and scalability testing to validate system performance. Integrate functional and performance automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Lead and mentor QA/Test Engineers, providing technical guidance and helping improve automation capability across the team. Work closely ..... full job details .....