Senior Test Engineer (SDET)

Senior Test Engineer (SDET) | Contract | Remote

Rate: Up to £700 per day (Umbrella)
Contract: 6 months
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London
IR35: In scope
Clearance: BPSS

We are hiring a hands-on Senior Test Engineer (SDET) for a public sector digital programme. You will write, debug and refactor Playwright/Cucumber test code. You will also own an automation-first quality strategy for national live services in a fast-paced delivery environment.

Key responsibilities

Define and evolve the automation-first testing strategy
Carry out automated system and system integration testing across functional and non-functional areas
Report quality risks and results clearly, so they inform defect fixes and release decisions
Work closely with developers to improve code quality and unit and integration test coverage
Peer review automation code and lead sprint show-and-tells
Assess the impact of changes on test coverageEssential skills

Test tools: Cucumber, Playwright and K6
Version control: GitHub and Azure DevOps
Microsoft-stack coding: C#, Node.js, JavaScript or TypeScript
SQL and relational databases
Testing on .NET, SQL and microservices, both on-prem and in the cloud
Proven experience as an automation test engineer