Quality Engineer

Rate: £400.00 - £460.00 per day inside IR35
Location: Telford (2 days per week onsite)
Clearance Required: BPSS

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Quality Engineer with strong test automation expertise to join a large-scale Agile delivery programme. This role is heavily focused on automation and quality engineering, with automated testing expected to be the primary approach throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Candidates must have proven experience designing, building, and maintaining automated testing frameworks and solutions within CI/CD environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks from scratch.
• Implement automated testing across CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion quality engineering best practices and shift-left testing approaches.
• Apply TDD, BDD, and risk-based testing methodologies.
• Create automated solutions covering functional, integration, performance, accessibility, and security testing.
• Analyse requirements and technical designs to define effective testing strategies.
• Support test data management and quality assurance processes.
• Coach and mentor engineering teams on automation and quality best practices.
• Work collaboratively with developers through pair programming and Agile delivery practices.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in Test Automation (mandatory).
• Proven experience designing and implementing automated testing solutions and frameworks.
• Strong experience working within CI/CD environments.
• Experience testing Java / Spring applications.
• Good knowledge of GitLab and source control practices.
• Experience applying TDD, BDD, and risk-based testing approaches.
• Strong understanding of software testing and quality engineering principles.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and coaching skills.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.

Desirable Skills

• • Playwright
  • JUnit
  • Selenium
  • Cucumber / Gherkin
  • Gatling
  • OWASP ZAP
  • SonarQube
  • WireMock
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • OpenAPI
  • WCAG Accessibility Testing
  • Microservices Architecture

What We're Looking For

This role is best suited to a Quality Engineer with a strong automation background who can drive quality across the full software delivery lifecycle. You should be comfortable building automation frameworks, integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines, and helping engineering teams adopt modern quality engineering practices.