Purpose of the job

We’re looking for a SDET who’s passionate about quality; not just as a phase, but as a core part of how great software gets built. In this role, you’ll help shape what “great” looks like for our engineering teams, including setting test standards, supporting engineers and making sure quality is everyone’s responsibility. This role requires strong software development skills, deep understanding of distributed

systems, and the ability to influence quality across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

You’ll be embedded in a collaborative environment where software is shipped fast, iteratively, and often. Your work will focus on making sure things don’t just work but work well together. You’ll bring clarity, structure and confidence to the way we test by balancing automation with human insight and keeping the end-user in mind.

You would drive the automated testing efforts covering contract testing, smoke testing, regression testing, end-to-end testing ensuring that we deliver fast with full confidence. You’ll bring your considerable knowledge of test automation to help us build new products that are reliable, secure, performant, and resilient.

If you’re curious, love asking the awkward questions, and want to support software engineers build and iterate quickly, you’ll thrive here.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks from scratch or extend existing ones
• Define and uphold the standards for test quality, ensuring consistency and confidence in ou releases.
• Write high quality, maintainable integration and end-to-end tests that follows production engineering standards.
• Build reusable test utilities, mocks, and simulators.
• Contribute to and help evolve the overall test strategy for one or more products or services
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and delivery leads to embed quality thinking from day one, and not as an after-thought.
• Design and oversee test strategies that combine automation, exploratory testing, and regression coverage.
• Drive the implementation and evolution of automated testing frameworks, ensuring integration into our CI/CD pipelines.
• Own the structure and health of test suites and regression packs, helping teams keep them lean, relevant, and valuable.
• Actively test front-end, back-end, API, and distributed microservices using tools like
• Playwright, Cypress, Postman, RestAssured and other modern frameworks.
• Perform and organise performance testing with tools such as K6, JMeter.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure cross-squad functionality and integration is properly tested.
• Get involved in the testing cycle, helping to investigate issues, write tests, support on manual
• QA, and signing-off changes.
• Investigate defects and production issues; ensure fixes are validated through automation

Preferred

• Computer Science or Information Technology degree, Diploma or similar
• CSTAE or ASTQB ISTQB Advanced Certification
• Certified Automation Tester (i.e. Cypress, Playwright)
• Familiarity with pipeline and event-driven systems (Kafka, AWS EventBridge, AWS Step Functions, queues, streams, Snaplogic)

Non Negotiable

• 4+ years experience in Test Automation
• Strong hands-on experience in building and maintaining test automation frameworks and API testing tools, not just executing them
• Confident writing automated tests in Typescript.
• Expertise in Designing and Executing End-to-End Test Strategies that aligns with Agile delivery
• Solid experience embedding quality early in the SDLC by working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Principal Engineers and Delivery Managers
• Experience working in agile continuous delivery teams, including daily coordination with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate, prioritize, and drive resolution of defects based on reproducibility, business impact, and release scope

Personal Attributes

• Quality mindset – deeply values software quality and strives for continuous improvement across teams
• Collaborative nature – works well and constructively challenge engineers, product managers, and delivery managers to embed quality early in the SDLC
• Proactive attitude toward continuous improvement, always seeking better ways to optimize automation
• Critical thinker – approaches testing with curiosity and rigor; digs deep to uncover root causes
• Adaptability – comfortable with change and able to pivot priorities in fast-paced, agile environments
• Detail-oriented – thorough in reviewing test cases, strategies, and outcomes without losing sight of the bigger picture
• Ownership-driven – takes responsibility for the overall health of the QA process and quality outcomes
• Learner - willing to learn and adapt as systems and tools evolve

About us: Our story

Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.

The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.

We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.

Reward & Benefits: What's in it for me?

You can look forward to a competitive salary and benefit plan including but not limited to:

• Medical & Dental Care
• Priority Pass Membership
• Childcare allowance (for children up to 6 years old)
• Birthday day off
• Work From Anywhere 8 weeks per year

Equal Opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at recruitment@collinson.com