AI Automation Tester X2

AI Automation Test Engineer (Contract) * 12-month initial contract (extension potential) * £400-£600 per day (Inside IR35) * Start date: ASAP * Remote-first with occasional travel to London If you're passionate about quality in AI-enabled digital experiences, this is a great opportunity to help ensure a high-profile, citizen-facing mobile and web application performs reliably at national scale. You'll join a major digital transformation programme in an Agile environment, building automation that strengthens confidence across traditional and AI-driven features. What you'll be doing: * Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites * Execute functional, regression, integration and performance testing * Validate AI-driven features, workflows and automated decision-making processes * Collaborate with developers, architects and product teams to embed quality throughout delivery * Build automation solutions using Java and Cucumber * Analyse test results and drive continuous quality improvements * Manage defects, reporting and documentation using JIRA and Confluence * Support CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing practices * Help ensure application performance, scalability and resilience across large-scale platforms What you'll bring: * Strong experience in automation testing / quality engineering * Hands-on experience with Java and Cucumber * Background in performance testing * Experience using JIRA and Confluence * Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies * Experience working across enterprise-scale or digital transformation programmes * Confident stakeholder engagement and communication skills If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website