Lead Automation Engineer

Lead Automation Engineer

Edinburgh/ Glasgow

Hybrid Competitive Salary + Benefits
Our client, a leading professional services organisation, is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to drive the design, development and support of business, test and AI-enabled automation solutions.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape automation strategy while delivering scalable, secure and resilient solutions that create real business value.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the design, build, testing, deployment and support of automation solutions.
• Developing solutions using UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, APIs and scripting technologies.
• Integrating AI capabilities where they deliver measurable business benefits.
• Building and maintaining automated test frameworks using Playwright, Selenium and API testing tools.
• Ensuring production-ready solutions with monitoring, alerting, error handling and audit controls.
• Driving automation best practice, mentoring colleagues and influencing technical standards.
• Working closely with stakeholders to identify and deliver high-value automation opportunities.

What We're Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience delivering enterprise automation solutions.
• Expertise with UiPath, Power Automate and related automation technologies.
• Experience with Playwright, Selenium or similar test automation frameworks.
• Practical experience integrating AI services and APIs into business processes.
• Good understanding of software engineering principles, security best practices and API integrations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Why Apply?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation investing heavily in technology, automation and AI. You'll have the chance to shape a growing capability, work with modern technologies and make a genuine impact within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.
Interested? Apply now to learn more.