Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Location: Telford (2 days per week onsite initially, reducing to 2 days per month after the first 3 months)
Rate: £465 per day (Inside IR35)
Start Date& contract length: November 2026 - 12 months contract
Clearance: BPSS Required

About the Role

A leading Government client is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join a large-scale digital transformation programme focused on modernising critical public sector services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks and solutions from the ground up.


• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), and risk-based testing approaches.


• Support CI/CD pipelines and promote shift-left quality practices.


• Coach and mentor team members on quality engineering principles and best practices.


• Perform testing across multiple levels, including: • Unit Testing


• System Testing


• Integration Testing


• Non-Functional Testing


• Analyse business requirements and develop effective test strategies.


• Create and maintain test data and testing artefacts.


• Participate in collaborative development through pair programming.


• Review and interpret Java unit tests (e.g. JUnit) to support defect investigation and test analysis.


• Design and develop automated end-to-end and system tests using Playwright and Java.


• Build and maintain automated test scripts across UI, API, and system-level testing.


• Translate requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into comprehensive automated test coverage.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Quality Engineering and software testing.


• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines.


• Experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks.


• Strong knowledge of Git/GitLab.


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.


• Ability to coach and influence teams on quality best practices.


• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.


• Quality-first mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.

Testing & Automation

• JUnit


• Playwright


• Selenium


• Cucumber

Performance & Security Testing

• Gatling


• OWASP ZAP

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS


• Docker


• Kubernetes

Accessibility

• WCAG


• Wave


• Axe

Technology Stack

Front End

• Remix React


• JavaScript

Back End

• Java


• Spring


• .NET

Data & Messaging

• MongoDB


• Oracle


• RabbitMQ


• JSON

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