Senior Test Automation Engineer

Senior QA Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Janosh Orosz

Compensation: £75,000 - £107,000 / year

Description Senior Test Automation Engineer
London / Hybrid

Freetrade's mission is to become the default place to invest. Investing has been too complicated and expensive for too long, keeping millions from making the most of their savings. We're changing that. We're building our team and looking for people who are excited to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth. If you're driven by solving complex problems and building innovative products, you'll fit right in. 2025 is a big year for us. In January, we announced a game changing deal to become part of the IG Group. We'll continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to the resources and support of an established leader in the space. This year, we're accelerating our roadmap and taking our products to the next level. We're building new features like mutual funds, bonds, and family investment tools. We're also exploring how we can leverage AI to deliver an even better experience for our customers. As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will be instrumental in ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products. You will specialise in automating tests using advanced tools and frameworks, focusing on end-to-end platform testing.
Key Responsibilities You will

• Lead the development of automated tests and integrate them into the CI/CD pipeline to support functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
• Design, build, and maintain web and backend test automation frameworks
• Identify, analyse, and document defects, functional discrepancies, UI issues, and data inconsistencies.
• Partner with cross-functional development teams to share testing insights and drive continuous product quality improvements.
• Mentor and guide junior QA engineers, fostering best practices and supporting their professional growth.

Skills Knowledge & Expertise You excel at ensuring quality at every stage of development and release. Specifically, you:

• Define & Drive Test Strategy: Craft comprehensive test approaches, develop detailed plans and test cases, interpret outcomes, and collaborate with stakeholders to guarantee release readiness.
• Execute End-to-End Testing: Lead both functional (integration, UI, regression, REST/GraphQL API) and non-functional (load, performance, security) test efforts.
• Build & Scale Automation: Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites using Cypress/Playwright, Mocha, K6, Postman.
• Leverage Modern Tech Stacks: Write clean, maintainable test code and custom validation scripts in TypeScript and Node.js.
• Own Containerised Environments: Develop and manage Docker-based test infrastructures-including Dockerfiles, docker-compose, and TestContainers setups.
• Champion CI/CD & Shift-Left: Integrate tests into CircleCI pipelines, advocate for early testing in the development lifecycle, and accelerate feedback loops.

Benefits & Interview Process Freetrade is the place to accelerate your career. Our benefits package and ways of working are designed to attract and retain the most talented people who are dedicated to making an impact at Freetrade.

Here's what's on offer in 2025:

Hybrid working culture We're operating in a hybrid model: 3-days in-office / 2-days from home. We believe great collaboration happens in person and our beautiful offices in central London and Budapest are designed to bring people together.

Office days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Work from home days: Wednesday, Friday

Benefits In London:

• Competitive salary - carefully benchmarked.
• Bonus Scheme - join us and share in our growth. Bonuses are linked to both company success and your individual impact.
  First payouts: July 2026
• Holidays - 25 days plus UK public holidays. Your birthday off, plus one extra day for every year at Freetrade.
• Enhanced pension - We'll match your contributions up to 5%.
• Group Life Insurance - Protect your loved ones with coverage at 5x your salary, ensuring financial security in any circumstance.
• Private Health Insurance - Which includes access to high quality medical care, mental health support, dental and vision plans, Wellness programs and preventative care initiatives are also provided to ensure the wellbeing of your entire family.
• Income Protection Cover - Safeguard your income with comprehensive coverage, ensuring financial stability in the event of illness or injury.
• Enhanced parental leave - Time off when it matters most.
• Flexibility for those who need it - We're office-first, but life happens. Whether you're a parent or have care responsibilities, we focus on output and trust you to manage your time.
• Learning & Development - We fund industry qualifications so you can grow as a financial services professional.
• Cycle to Work scheme - Get a high quality bike and gear through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost with tax free monthly installments.
• Paid Sick Leave - Receive 10 days of fully paid sick leave each calendar year.

Following the completion of our acquisition by IG Group, you can expect our benefits package to further improve as we align with the broader offerings available across the group.

Interview Process
We keep things simple and transparent. Our process typically includes:

1. Initial interview - A chat with one of our Senior Talent Partners.
2. Hiring Manager interview - A deep dive into your skills and experience.
3. Task Presentation- Show us how you think and solve problems.
4. Executive interview - A conversation with our stakeholders, where we also assess cultural fit.