Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Gravitee, a global leader in API Management, invites applications for the position of Quality Assurance Automation Engineer based in Greater London.

Founded in 2015, we have grown into a powerful platform that powers APIs and event stream ecosystems worldwide. Our core values are Passion, Hold Nothing Back, and Professionalism.

As a QA Automation Engineer, you will research, develop, maintain, and coach a test framework that continuously improves the efficiency of our software development process and product quality.

• As a quality owner embedded in the development process, influence design and implementation before code is written.
• Participate actively in technical design discussions with a focus on testability, automation feasibility, and risk.
• Design and implement end‑to‑end automated tests covering multi‑product workflows across the Gravitee ecosystem.
• Own the automation lifecycle: design, implementation, maintenance, and evolution.
• Identify testing gaps revealed by production incidents and address them through automation.
• Drive shift‑left testing practices, ensuring quality is built in earlier.
• Improve developer experience around testing (frameworks, tooling, documentation).
• Coach engineers to write better, more meaningful tests while keeping ownership.
• Leverage ACCELQ or similar AI‑powered automation platforms where appropriate.
• Decide which scenarios suit codeless automation versus code‑driven frameworks.
• Assess ROI and effectiveness of AI‑assisted automation tools.

• Passionate and excited about life, not just work.
• Sense of urgency, follow‑through and thrives in an agile, fast‑paced environment.
• Customer‑focused and adheres to a customer‑first mentality.
• Respectful, courteous, and conscientious.

• 7+ years of automation testing experience.
• Strong software engineering background (Java and/or Type Script).
• Read, understand, and contribute to production codebases.
• Hands‑on with event‑driven architectures and asynchronous testing (Kafka or equivalent).
• Familiarity with cloud‑native environments (containers, CI/CD).
• Knowledge of the testing pyramid; ability to decide coverage levels.
• Ability to challenge implementation choices from a quality perspective before development starts.
• Comfort working with technical stakeholders.
• Prioritise automation based on risk and business criticality.
• Experience with modern cloud‑based test automation platforms such as ACCELQ.

• Solid understanding of API Management concepts (gateways, policies, rate limiting, auth flows, event‑driven APIs).
• Exposure to LLM‑related systems or AI‑enabled features, validating non‑deterministic behavior.
• Familiarity with HTTP internals, API contracts, and protocol‑level validation.
• Experience with observability‑driven testing (logs, metrics, traces).
• Excellent medical coverage, pension and stock options, 25 day holiday, mental health days, birthday off, professional development allowance, quarterly outings, hybrid culture, growth opportunities.

No employee or applicant will be treated less favorably on the grounds of sex, marital status, race, color, nationality or ethnic or national origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or religion or belief.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Quality Assurance
• Salary: £80,000.00–£