Senior Automation Engineer

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money. We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Automation Engineer to play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our cloud‑native applications and platform services.

As part of our engineering organization, you will contribute to building robust automation frameworks, enhancing our testing capabilities, and establishing a quality‑first culture across teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for web applications, backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.

- Collaborate with software engineers early in the development lifecycle to ensure testability and adherence to quality engineering standards.Build and maintain end‑to‑end, integration, and unit test suites using modern testing tools and frameworks.

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, fast, and effective test execution with meaningful coverage.

- Implement API testing and contract validation aligned with OpenAPI specifications.

- Monitor, triage, and diagnose failures across test environments; drive root‑cause analysis and implement long‑term preventive solutions.

- Contribute to defining the overall test strategy, quality standards, tooling improvements, and best practices across teams.

- Conduct performance and load testing to ensure system reliability and scalability.

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