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Lead Automation Engineer
Hybrid | Central Scotland (60,000-65,000)
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.
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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.
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