Automation Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid)

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 computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

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

Why is this role exciting when there are other Automation positions in the market? Well, there are a few things that make this role stand out:

• Our leadership team are entirely invested continually developing and training our staff, so you will have the opportunity to continue learning and progressing.
• Computershare is renowned for its expertise in data management, high volume transaction processing, payments and communications. Many of the world's leading organisations use these core competencies to help maximise the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors, members and customers.
• We encourage a flexible working environment to allow you to work in a way that suits you best.

Interested? Keep on reading to find out a bit more about what you'll be doing, and the type of person that we're looking for.

A role you will love

The Automation Engineer works closely with the QA technical lead -to design, build and enhance our test automation frameworks and capabilities, ensuring that automated test solutions are successful in improving quality and testing efficiencies.

The role supports the up-lift of test automation capabilities in the scrum teams through technical guidance, education and mentoring. As such the role will aid in the coaching and mentoring of peers and teams, to enable them to contribute to the automated test effort and support their professional development.

Other key responsibilities:

• Implement, maintain and enhance our test automation frameworks with technical support and direction from the QA technical lead.
• Collaborate with the QA technical lead and the delivery teams to define test automation strategies and solutions.
• Communicate the effectiveness of automated test solutions using meaningful metrics.
• Participate in working groups and communities, sharing knowledge and ideas to support continuous improvement across the department.
• Research emerging technologies/practices and propose improvements and innovations that would benefit the business.

What will you bring to the role?

The Automation Engineer requires experience working on scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks and solutions, with hands on experience in Selenium WebDriver, Mobile automation, Cucumber and have strong Java programming skills.

Proven experience of Agile and DevOps, with a working knowledge of practices such as test-driven and business-driven development (TDD/BDD). You will also be proficient in continuous integration and continuous delivery, as well as having a good understanding of test environments, quality gateways, the route to production and the software development lifecycle.

The role holder should be highly motivated and pragmatic with attention to detail, recognizes problems and responds, systematically gathers information, sorts through complex issues, seeks input from others, addresses root cause of issues, seeks out consensus, communicates decisions to others

Other key skills required for the role:

• A working knowledge of Maven, Test NG and Jenkins is preferred.
• Prior experience of Financial Services specifically within the Employee Plans domain would be advantageous.
• Strong training, coaching & mentoring skills in order to support the QA Technical Lead in coaching teams/peers on test automation techniques and implementations.
• Collaborative and communicate well, challenge effectively and respond well to challenge from others with good listening skills.
• Preferred certifications - ISTQB Test Automation Engineer or similar/ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester\Certified Agile Tester (CAT) or similar.
• AI prompting for automated efficiencies would be beneficial.

If you are an inclusive and approachable Automation Engineer that is used to resolving conflicts in a professional and respectful way, as well as building great working relationships, we'd like to hear from you 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 careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub

ABOUT US

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it's more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We're dedicated to providing you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We're a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.

Client-provided location(s): Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job ID: Computershare-11592

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-05-09T18:40:54