Test Automation Engineer

Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the Department

Our Test & Implementation team, comprising over 50 professionals, is dedicated to crafting and developing automation strategies that ensure the quality and efficiency of our solutions. We take complete ownership of creating test automation solutions, designing automation frameworks, and owning the implementation of our test strategy. By defining best practices and aligning with abrdn's processes and tools, we ensure that the work delivered is of the highest quality.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Test Automation Engineer to join our growing team. Working with the Head of Testing & Implementation, you will collaborate closely with the automation test team, contributing to the design, maintenance, and execution of automation frameworks. You will work to ensure the adoption of the framework across the QA teams and use modern testing tools and techniques to drive productivity and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and complete automation scripts, ensuring they align with business requirements.

• Collaborate with multiple teams to define and prioritise tests, and document any defects or issues identified.

• Support the development and maintenance of automated test data and the Automation CD/CI Pipeline.

• Ensure timely delivery of testing milestones while supporting the defect management process and contributing to testing strategies.

• Provide reporting and technical input, ensuring compliance with test automation strategies and best practices.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Fluency in scripting programming languages such as Python.

• Experience in test automation, manual test execution, and continuous integration tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps).

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

• Analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot, raise concerns, and follow up on defects.

• A passion for learning, improving, and adapting in a fast-paced environment.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.