QA Automation with Manual Experience (Mid Level)

### **Who We Are** VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award\-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate\-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca\-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement \& Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55\+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. **About WPP** WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting\-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world\-class creativity, next\-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com. ### **The opportunity:** We're seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer to drive quality within our dynamic team. This role requires a strong blend of manual testing expertise and robust automation skills. You'll champion a 'shift\-left' approach, embedding quality from early development stages, and act as an advocate for QA within our e\-commerce environment. We value a proactive mindset, including a keen interest in innovation and leveraging modern technologies like AI to enhance testing practices. ### **What you'll be doing:** You will be a tester within an Agile team, primarily focusing on testing eCommerce solutions. You will be involved in the preparation of test cases and test plans, and will be required to create and execute both manual and automated tests. You will work closely with developers and utilise CI/CD processes and tooling. The applicant will be system testing and integration testing on new projects and regression testing as part of on\-going site support for several clients. Experience of testing RESTful services, querying databases and reviewing log file output is expected. **Key Responsibilities** * Work in a 'shift\-left' approach; participate in requirements analysis, design reviews, and technical discussions to ensure testability. * Act as a quality advocate and champion, providing insight and guidance into QA within your project team. * Provide test estimates and contribute to project planning. * Analyse requirements to design, document, and execute thorough test cases and Exploratory Test Charters. * Perform extensive System Testing, System Integration Testing, and targeted exploratory testing across web applications, services, and backend systems. * Identify, document, and track defects, collaborating with developers on root cause analysis. * Execute and report on automated and manual test suites, analysing results and reporting quality metrics to stakeholders. * Enhance and maintain robust test automation packs and scripts, primarily using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript. * Automate E2E, API, and backend tests, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines. * Contribute to automation reliability, maintainability, and coverage. * Utilize strong backend testing skills, including SQL querying and server log analysis. * Contribute to non\-functional testing, such as compatibility and accessibility. ### **What we want from you:** * Proven track record of Quality Assurance. * Ideally experience testing transactional e\-commerce websites. * Balance of manual testing with automation skills. * Analytical, problem\-solving, and critical thinking skills with an acute eye for detail. * Good communication and interpersonal skills; effective collaboration across teams. * Adaptable, organized, and effective in dynamic Agile environments. * Experience in Playwright (or similar) with JavaScript/TypeScript for test automation. * Solid understanding and practical experience with CI/CD tools. * Proficiency in API testing. * Knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and web application testing. * Familiarity with Agile methodologies. * Experience with AI tooling and an eagerness to explore more in this area. ### **What we can offer you:** Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact\-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage. We lead with **Heart**, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human\-centric work flourish. We empower your **Brains** for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges. And we champion **Courage**, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday. ### **AT VML Enterprise Solutions** Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world's leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi\-channel growth for world\-leading brands. We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca\-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes\-Benz, Johnson \& Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany \& Co. We've built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business. As our business grows internationally, we're looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our…