Lead Automation Engineer

The role

The Lead Automation Engineer is a hands-on role embedded within a Mission team. You will define testing strategies, design and maintain automated tests, and act as a quality champion for specific feature sets.

What you will do

• Define and own the comprehensive testing strategy for your domain
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated tests for API, UI, and Mobile
• Champion a Shift-Left mindset with Product Owners and Developers
• Manage the mission team’s automation targets using data-driven insights
• Drive consistent adoption of CI/CD processes and quality gates
• Collaborate with the central Tooling Team to develop custom helpers or data generators
• Ensure automated test suites are integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Coordinate complex technical testing including microservices, security, and performance testing
• Coach and upskill developers and junior QA engineers
• Champion the use of AI tools for architecture exploration, incident investigation, and test generation

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in QA Automation/SDET roles with proven success leading quality within an Agile team
• Strong proficiency in C# or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience testing complex financial systems (card issuing, transaction processing, or credit risk)
• Hands-on experience with tools for UI (Playwright, Cypress) and API (REST Assured, Other API testing frameworks)
• Familiarity with Azure, Git, and integrating automated testing into deployment workflows
• Ability to influence without authority

Benefits

• Private Healthcare through AdvanceCare
• Anniversary Rewards (€280, €570, €860, 4-week fully paid sabbatical)
• Paid Car Parking
• 36 days holiday (inclusive of public holidays with public holidays carried over if they fall on a weekend)
• Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget
• 6 free therapy sessions per year
• Free drinks and snacks in our offices

Before you apply

• First stage: 30-minute intro, CV review, and values with Talent Partner
• Second stage: 45-minute Tech Chat with Team Manager
• Final stage: 60-minute Code Pairing + 30-minute Stakeholder Interview with Engineering & Product

About the company

Capital on Tap is a financial platform that offers a business credit card, SME-focused spend management platform, and a savings product. It has 1,000+ employees and 200,000+ customers.