Automation Engineer 

If you’d like to make the online world a safer place, come and join us.

About iProov

iProov is the world leader in face biometric verification. We are on a mission to make the Internet a safer place for businesses and consumers and work with fantastic customers across a number of industry sectors - organisations using our technology include the US Department of Homeland Security, the UK Home Office, the NHS, Eurostar, the Australian government, the Singapore government, UBS and many more.

Diversity at iProov is about reflecting the customers we serve, holding the principles of equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do and all that we stand for, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together. We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our purpose.

The Role

Reports to: Advanced Threats Lead

Location: WeWork London HQ, Waterloo - Hybrid (minimum once in the office per week)

Comp: Negotiable (Base) + Company Performance Bonus (Lvl 1) + Share Options + UK  iProov Benefits

iProov has continued to scale rapidly this year and is currently looking for an Automation Engineer to join the growing Advanced Threats team  based in London. Working as the  Automation Engineer, you will focus on developing automated workflows to simulate user actions/interactions with proprietary software, web-based applications, mobile apps, that were designed for individual uses rather than to be automated. The data and pipelines thus created will be used by the ML teams to expose and then remediate vulnerabilities in our production models.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Develop and lead the implementation of automation strategies for simulating user interactions with complex proprietary software, web-based applications, and mobile apps.

• Design and execute automated workflows to replicate the manual process of conducting attacks through these software.

• Conduct manual tests where necessary to assess the value of automating.

• Ensure the robustness of the automated workflows without manual oversight (speed, ability to handle & control for errors, and as much as possible, ability to generalise over small changes/upgrades to software UI, transference between devices etc.).

• Optimise the quality of the automation workflows, particularly close representativeness to in-the-wild manually-executed attacks, such as screen-recording with minimal artefacts.

• Expand the range of automated workflows to cover the whole variety of attacker methodologies (for example, different combos of faceswap software + virtual-camera + browser).

• Contribute to the improvement of our detection models through better, cleaner, higher-variety data from proprietary software.

• Identify and exploit potential vulnerabilities in our detection systems through automated testing and user simulation.

• Collaborate closely with team members to drive improvements in the processes by which we evaluate our systems against synthetic data systematically and at scale.

• Maintain in-depth knowledge of emerging trends and technologies in software automation and user simulation tools.

We tend to look for people with:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 2 years of experience in software automation, with a focus on GUI applications (essential).

• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing automation systems for complex software workflows.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or similar.

• Experience with GUI-ready automation frameworks such as PyAutoGUI, AutoIt, SikuliX, or similar.

• Experience with on-screen component detection (such as OpenCV or similar).

• Strong problem-solving skills and out-of-box thinking.

Extras:

○  Experience with virtual cameras, emulators, screen recording tools.

○  Experience with non-GUI automation, including frameworks such as Selenium, Appium, or similar.

What we would like to see from you:

• An interest in security and understanding vulnerabilities in detection systems.

• A proactive approach to identifying and solving complex problems through automation.

• A collaborative mindset to work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the quality of datasets (representativeness and breadth of coverage).

• An interest in imagery injection and/or deepfakes.

Benefits

• 25 days Annual Leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays 

• Salary sacrifice schemes including: Pension, Cycle To Work and Electric Car Scheme 

• Work Overseas Perk - Work globally for up to 2 weeks 

• Life Assurance 

• SmartHealth - Access to private GP, Psychologist, Nutritionist along with tailored fitness plans for both you and your family 

• Award winning L&D platform with personal allocated training budgets 

• Nursery Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Pension - 5% employee, 3% employer

• Flexible hybrid working environment 

• Free Barista Coffee/Tea, biscuits with fruit in the office 

• Free access to WeWork discounts and free online well-being sessions 

• Vitality Health - a range of options available on this below

The Vitality Programme includes a number of reward benefits that all employees have access to as part of the plan, for example:

• Private Health cover including Dental, Optical, and Audiology 

• 50% off monthly gym memberships 

• Apple watches significantly discounted based member vitality status 

• Half price trainers with Runners Need 

• Weekly rewards – Free coffee with Café Nero 

• Monthly rewards – Free Cinema ticket 

• Discounts on travel with Expedia (hotels) and Mr & Mrs Smith with discounts getting greater throughout the year based on a members vitality status 

• Amazon prime free months based on activity 

• Up to 25% cashback at Waitrose when buying healthy foods 

• 75% off stays at Champneys Health Spas 

• Allen Carr’s £299 no smoking programme for free 

• Access to Vitality Healthy Mind with 30% off Headspace subscriptions and the ability to earn Vitality points for using Buddhify, Calm and Headspace 

• Discounts on Weight Watchers 

• 50%-80% off Comprehensive Private Health screenings
  

Due to the nature of our work, we may require our staff to pass a UK Security Clearance check. As such, any offer would also depend on your ability to adhere to the UK Security check criteria.