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I'm a Lead SDET and Senior Test Automation Engineer with over a decade of experience building test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality gates across fintech, gaming, healthcare and banking. I enjoy leading distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, mentoring engineers, and taking ownership of release readiness. I focus on scalable automation, test observability, and deterministic testing across web, mobile, and API-driven systems to drive reliable deliveries.…I'm a Lead SDET and Senior Test Automation Engineer with over a decade of experience building test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality gates across fintech, gaming, healthcare and banking. I enjoy leading distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, mentoring engineers, and taking ownership of release readiness. I focus on scalable automation, test observability, and deterministic testing across web, mobile, and API-driven systems to drive reliable deliveries.

Julian Mulford

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I'm a Lead SDET and Senior Test Automation Engineer with over a decade of experience building test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality gates across fintech, gaming, healthcare and banking. I enjoy leading distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, mentoring engineers, and taking ownership of release readiness. I focus on scalable automation, test observability, and deterministic testing across web, mobile, and API-driven systems to drive reliable deliveries.…I'm a Lead SDET and Senior Test Automation Engineer with over a decade of experience building test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality gates across fintech, gaming, healthcare and banking. I enjoy leading distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, mentoring engineers, and taking ownership of release readiness. I focus on scalable automation, test observability, and deterministic testing across web, mobile, and API-driven systems to drive reliable deliveries.

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I’m a Lead SDET and Senior Test Automation Engineer with over a decade of experience building test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality gates across fintech, gaming, healthcare and banking. I enjoy leading distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, mentoring engineers, and taking ownership of release readiness. I focus on scalable automation, test observability, and deterministic testing across web, mobile, and API-driven systems to drive reliable deliveries.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer in Test (Contract) at Bet365

October 5, 2023 - February 1, 2026

Led iOS automation (Swift/XCUITest) with Page Object Model, stable locator strategies and deterministic test design. Introduced AI-assisted testing for automated test generation, failure classification and synthetic data creation. Embedded shift-left practices with cross-functional partners, defined framework standards and shaped web/mobile test strategy for a high-frequency release platform. Integrated API testing for end-to-end validation, and designed/maintained CI/CD pipelines for parallel cloud execution. Implemented real-time test reporting via Splunk, improving observability and triage. Achievements include reduced flakiness by ~30%, increased critical journey coverage from 40% to 85%, and production-ready cloud mobile testing.

Senior Software Engineer in Test (Short term contract) at Yoello

July 1, 2023 - October 1, 2023

Migrated a failing Cypress test suite to Playwright/TypeScript for ordering and payments platform, diagnosed root causes of flakiness, and refactored selectors/page objects for stable, maintainable coverage with parallel execution. Collaborated with engineers to improve testability and support frontend changes, delivering a more reliable suite with reduced runtime.

Lead Software Engineer in Test at Stars Group

January 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022

Led testing strategy across three squads as technical lead, including line management, mentoring and hiring of eight testers. Architected an iOS automation framework from scratch (Swift, XCUITest, BDD) and built a Playwright/TypeScript API automation framework integrated with Jenkins/GitHub Actions. Implemented release readiness and quality gates, using Charles Proxy for API edge cases, delivering the first production release of the native Sportsbook iOS app and scalable production-grade web/mobile test coverage.

Career Break – Travel

August 1, 2022 - February 28, 2023

Senior Software Developer in Test at William Hill Plc

November 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020

Designed and built Playwright UI and API automation across microservices in AWS, improving reliability and maintainability of E-sports testing. Validated end-to-end event-driven workflows using Java/Kafka/S3, supported migration from on-prem to AWS, and conducted performance testing with Gatling/WireMock in Dockerized environments.

Senior Automation Engineer at NHS E-Referrals, BJSS Ltd

February 1, 2018 - November 30, 2019

Owned architecture/evolution of NHS e-Referrals automation framework. Developed UI automation in Selenium/Java and API automation with Rest Assured. Mentored junior engineers, enforced engineering standards, and improved framework scalability and maintainability.

Automation Engineer at First Direct banking app, BJSS Ltd

March 1, 2017 - February 28, 2018

Delivered a mobile automation framework from scratch (Appium, Java, BDD) with parallel/multi-device execution. Created end-to-end mobile tests from Jira stories and built API automation using Rest Assured and WireMock.

Automation Engineer at Sky Bet Sporting Life, BJSS Ltd

February 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017

Developed smoke/regression automation (Selenium/Java/Serenity), dockerised test execution, and hybrid mobile testing across devices. Used SQL for backend data validation and defect investigation.

Senior Test Analyst at Civica Plc

September 1, 2012 - February 29, 2016

Interim Test Lead; established Selenium/C# automation for housing software with reporting and failure analysis; managed offshore testers; delivered 100+ automated tests covering core flows; ensured timely delivery and quality.