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Automation Tester - 6-month Fixed Term Contract

Singer Instrument Co Ltd
Minehead

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Job details

Full-time | Fixed term contract
From £45,000 a year

Qualifications

Jira
Node.js
React
Kanban
Test automation
Selenium
AWS
Project management
Confluence
JavaScript
Continuous integration
REST
Scrum
GitHub
APIs
Agile
Web services
UI
SaaS
AI
TypeScript
GitLab
Python

Full job description

Automation Tester - Shape Future AI Products & Accelerate Scientific Discovery with Us!

Singer Instruments empower scientists in laboratories in over 60 countries to accelerate their research efforts on global challenges. We are looking for an Automation Tester to ensure the stability and flawless performance of our new AI SaaS platform, building testing frameworks from the ground up to support cutting-edge scientific workflows

The Role

Supported by a newly secured public funding grant, we are initialising an intensive engineering phase to transition a proprietary, laboratory-validated technical imaging technology from a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 Proof of Concept into an operationally ready, commercially viable TRL 7 multi-tenant AI SaaS platform.

We are seeking a skilled Automation Tester to design, build, and maintain our automated testing frameworks from the ground up. In this role, you will champion a continuous testing culture, ensuring the quality, stability, and performance of our AWS-hosted SaaS platform and preventing regressions across our Python, Node.js, and React ecosystems

What you'll bring to our team (key contributions)

Design, execute, and maintain scalable, robust automated test suites for web applications and APIs.
Analyse product requirements to create comprehensive test plans, identifying high-risk areas that require automation.
Embed yourself within an active Agile development team, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospective sessions.
Embed automated test suites directly into our CI/CD pipelines to achieve continuous testing and rapid deployment cycles.
Identify, log, track, and thoroughly document bugs, collaborating closely with developers to ensure swift resolution.
Conduct automated API integration tests and basic load/performance testing to verify system resilience.

Who you are (essential skills & attributes)

3+ years of commercial experience in software test automation.
Extensive experience working within fast-paced Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and expert-level proficiency with project management tools, specifically Jira and Confluence.
Strong proficiency with modern UI automation tools, specifically Playwright or Cypress (rather than legacy Selenium frameworks).
Competency in writing clean test scripts using JavaScript/TypeScript or Python.
Deep experience testing RESTful APIs and backend web services using tools like Postman, SuperTest, or automated requests.
Prior experience testing multi-tenant SaaS environments, ensuring data isolation and user subscription logic function perfectly.
Hands-on experience executing automated tests within AWS cloud environments and integrating them into pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
Extensive experience working within fast-paced Agile delivery teams using frameworks such as Scrum/Kanban, and expert-level proficiency with project management tools, specifically Jira and Confluence.

Desirable / Nice-to-Have

Experience or interest in validation methodologies for AI capabilities, such as testing chatbot responsiveness, data analysis models, or regression testing non-deterministic outputs.
Familiarity with performance or load testing tools or security vulnerability testing.
Proactive use of modern developer and agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate test creation and debug automation scripts.

Your journey so far (qualifications)

You will bring 3+ years of commercial experience in software test automation to the role. Crucially, while this outlines typical pathways, we firmly believe that the right person can come from any background. Your unique journey matters more than just a qualification.

Mandatory Grant Compliance & Eligibility

To comply with the strict terms of our public funding body, all applicants must meet the following baseline criteria:

Sovereignty Status: Candidates must possess an absolute, unrestricted right to work in the UK (UK Nationals preferred). We cannot offer visa sponsorship or international remote working arrangements for these fixed-term packages.
Geographic Restriction: Every hour of work, line of code, and data annotation must be executed strictly on UK soil. Working from overseas (including temporary remote working holidays) is contractually prohibited.

How to Apply

If you are ready to deliver a critical work package for this high-velocity technical automation project starting 1 July 2026, please submit your CV and a brief summary of your technical background. Please explicitly state your eligibility to work under UK Sovereignty Status guidelines.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

We encourage applications from all individuals and respect and appreciate differences and unique ways of thinking.

We are flexible and can adapt both our application and assessments by discussing your individual needs first.

About us

Singer Instruments, headquartered in Somerset on the edge of Exmoor, develop laboratory automation to accelerate research for scientists who want to make the world a better place. The company supports a global customer base, across a spectrum of interests such as healthcare, antibiotics, biofuels, renewable fabrics, and plant-based alternatives to meat.

As an employee-owned company, Singer puts their people first. Singer Instruments are very proud to have won the Somerset Business Awards Employer of the Year; By supporting our teams and investing in our people, we get the best results for our customers.

Staff are highly motivated by their global scientific impact and a shared value for company culture. Table football in the staff room, boules in the Japanese garden, and table tennis and barbecues on the deck form part of our working ethos. The atmosphere is relaxed, attitudes are positive, and nobody wears a suit. Work in a rapidly growing business should be fun, so Singer take any opportunity possible to celebrate success. Did somebody say BBQ?!

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Holiday: 25 days per year + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)

Zero-notice time off for surf and sun

LOCATION

Singer, Minehead, Somerset/Remote

TYPE

Full time - Fixed Term Contract 6-Month Work Package

Strictly UK-Based (Sovereignty Grant Constraints Apply)

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