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Staff QA Automation Engineer

temUnited KingdomEngineering
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Salary
£104K GBP
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
27 Aug 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

The Staff QA Automation Engineer role at tem is a remote position based in the United Kingdom focused on building testing standards and automation frameworks for complex microservice architectures. This specialist individual contributor role suits an experienced engineer passionate about scaling quality practices and integrating AI tools into testing pipelines.

Role Overview

Operating within the Platform team at tem, this position shapes how quality engineering functions across the entire engineering organisation. The professional in this role designs frameworks, sets testing standards, and equips development teams to independently own quality. Reporting directly to Bartek Kucharski, the position operates as a specialist individual contributor with no direct reports, focusing entirely on architectural standards, tooling, and strategic innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement a risk-aware CI testing standard that utilizes a dependency model for test selection and breaking-change detection.
Establish unit, integration, and contract testing standards supported by an observability layer to ensure pipeline reliability.
Collaborate with the Platform team to define automated pass/fail analysis for canary releases using production traffic.
Advance the integration of AI within the quality pipeline, including LLM-based change-risk classification, targeted mutation testing, and test generation.

Requirements

Extensive expertise in test automation frameworks such as pytest, Playwright, Selenium, and API testing.
Proven experience architecting and maintaining test automation frameworks and tooling for a wider engineering organisation.
Deep knowledge of testing across distributed systems and microservices, including CI/CD integration and service-level testing strategies.
Experience leading innovation and proof-of-concepts in testing, particularly AI-led regression optimisation and change-risk analysis.
Strong collaboration and delivery focus across distributed teams and multi-project environments.
Proficiency in contract testing or consumer/provider verification tools like Pact or OpenAPI schema validation.
Practical AWS infrastructure experience, including Lambda and GitHub Actions self-hosted runners.

Nice to Have

Experience with progressive deployment practices such as canary releases, feature flags, and automated production rollbacks.
Familiarity with mutation testing using traditional tooling or LLM-based approaches.
Background in test-data management and environment-isolation strategies for shared environments.
Previous work experience in a high-stakes or regulated domain like energy, fintech, or payments.

Skills and Tools

Python and pytest
Playwright and Selenium
API testing and contract testing (Pact, OpenAPI)
AWS (Lambda)
GitHub Actions
Large Language Models (LLMs) for testing

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary band of £104,000 or the local currency equivalent.
Stock options providing ownership in the company mission.
25 days of annual leave plus public holidays, with the option to swap holidays and take a birthday off.
Remote-first work environment within the UK and Europe.
Budgets dedicated to home working and wellbeing.

About the Company

Tem is rebuilding the global energy transaction infrastructure to make it transparent, fair, and accessible. The organisation has built the first AI-native transaction infrastructure to reinvent electricity pricing, buying, and selling, cutting out inefficient fees and supporting rapid decarbonisation. Following a $75 million Series B funding round, tem is expanding globally to scale its modern utility product and drive innovation in electricity markets worldwide.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official company careers page to submit an application for the Staff QA Automation Engineer position.

Skills and tech stack

AWSLLM

Questions candidates ask

Is this position remote?

Yes, this role is remote-first within the UK and Europe.

What is the salary for the Staff QA Automation Engineer?

The current salary band for this role is £104,000 or the equivalent in local currency.

Does this role include direct reports?

No, this is a specialist individual contributor role with no direct reports, reporting to Bartek Kucharski.

What technical skills are required?

Required skills include test automation frameworks like pytest, Playwright, and Selenium, API and contract testing, microservices testing strategies, AWS infrastructure experience, and AI-led regression optimisation.

What benefits are included?

Benefits include stock options, 25 days of holiday plus public holidays with flexible swapping and a birthday off, remote working arrangements, and home working and wellbeing budgets.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official tem careers page.

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