Automation Engineer

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Location: Edinburgh

In this position, you'll be based in the Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at

We give you a world of potential

Computershare have a very exciting opportunity for an Automation Engineer to join our team in Edinburgh.

Why is this role exciting?

There are a few things that make this role stand out:

1. Our leadership team are entirely invested in continually developing and training our staff, so you will have the opportunity to continue learning and progressing.
2. You will be working within a global department, where the teams are focused on being the best. They want to continue to learn and are whole-heartedly embracing being agile.
3. You will be working as part of our Global Plans Development team, which provides development and support to one of our major business lines.
4. We encourage a flexible working environment to allow you to work the way that suits you best.

A role you will love

As one of our Automation Engineers you will work within our cross-functional agile teams and be involved throughout the full development lifecycle from requirements elicitation to the delivery of high-quality technical solutions.

In this role, you will play a pivotal part in identifying opportunities for automation to streamline operations and improve productivity. You will design, develop, and implement automation tests to enhance efficiency and reduce human intervention.

Some of the key responsibilities:

1. Designing, developing, and maintaining automation scripts and frameworks to support testing, deployment, and other aspects of the development lifecycle.
2. Supporting team members with upskilling in automation testing.
3. Translating requirements into clearly defined automated test scenarios in order to support development.
4. Applying specialist technical knowledge and experience to define and lead the test approach in order to mitigate the risk of change.
5. Providing continual feedback on product quality to the team and stakeholders to enable them to make informed decisions.

What will you bring to the role?

We are looking for somebody who has a true passion for all things Test automation. To do this role successfully you will need to have experience working in highly complex software development environments in similar roles.

You will be a collaborative individual who enjoys working as part of a team, as well as providing support and mentoring to other people. You should also be an excellent problem solver and be able to make decisions based on analysis and personal judgement/experience.

Some other key skills that you'll have:

1. Excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle, software architecture, and technologies.
2. Excellent test automation programming skills (API, UI) in Selenium.
3. Excellent test automation programming skills in SQL, Java, and J-Unit.
4. Experience working in a development environment, ideally within an enterprise context.
5. Specialist testing skills such as performance, security, usability, or accessibility testing is mandatory, as is being code literate with scripting and database querying skills.
6. In-depth knowledge and experience of CI/CD practices.
7. Strong knowledge and experience of Test-Driven approaches to software engineering (ATDD, BDD & TDD).
8. Demonstration of an 'automation first' mentality and be adept at finding the right balance between automated, exploratory, functional, and non-functional testing.

If this role sounds like what you're looking for, apply today!

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you'll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get-togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our handbook will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit