Senior Tester – AI & Test Automation in City of London, London

Senior Tester - AI & Test Automation
Initial 6 months contract
Hybrid/London - 2-3 Days per week on site
£Market rate (Inside IR35)

My client, a well known retail bank are looking for a Senior Tester to support the transition towards an AI-enabled testing and quality assurance function. The role combines hands-on testing, test automation, risk assessment and validation of AI-generated test suites across critical enterprise applications. You will help maintain test coverage, ensure automated testing outputs are reliable and support the development and deployment of AI-driven testing capabilities across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support testing service transitions and knowledge transfer.
• Assess application risk and validate AI-generated test suites.
• Maintain test coverage across APIs, integrations, UI and end-to-end journeys.
• Investigate test failures, identify defects and resolve flaky tests.
• Provide test evidence and support release sign-off.
• Work with AI developers to build and deploy AI-driven testing agents.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Senior Software Testing roles.
• Risk-based testing and release assurance experience.
• Hands-on API, integration and UI testing.
• Experience with Playwright or similar automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to assess AI-generated tests for accuracy, coverage and reliability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting service transitions and knowledge transfer.

Ideal Candidate: A technically strong Senior Tester with experience in automation and risk-based assurance, who is comfortable working with emerging AI testing technologies and ensuring quality standards are maintained.