Test Engineer

Five Test Engineer contracts on a UK public sector digital programme, building UI and API automation frameworks from scratch on cloud-native platforms. Contract: 12 months Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK (preferred); London, Greater London, UK; Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK; Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK; Blackpool, Lancashire, UK; Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK Working pattern: Hybrid, 2 days a week onsite Clearance: active, previously held or eligible for SC 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 Join Agile, multidisciplinary teams delivering digital services for a central government department, across microservices and event-driven systems on AWS and Kafka. You will embed quality from framework design to production validation, alongside developers, BAs and product owners. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

• Build scalable UI and API automation frameworks in Java
• Deliver functional, regression, integration and end-to-end automation
• Automate UI testing with Selenium WebDriver and Playwright
• Automate API testing with REST Assured, including schema validation
• Ensure WCAG compliance using WAVE, AXE DevTools and VoiceOver
• Apply context-driven, risk-based testing to product risks
• Report test, risk and defect traceability to stakeholders
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
• Test cloud and event-driven systems using AWS (S3, Lambda, DocumentDB) and Kafka
• Support performance and load testing with K6 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹
• Java automation: Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, Playwright, Cucumber BDD
• Building automation frameworks from scratch
• UI and API automation best practice
• REST API testing, JSON/XML validation, Postman, Insomnia, Swagger
• Full testing lifecycle, from design to production validation
• Accessibility testing (WAVE, AXE, VoiceOver) and WCAG compliance
• CI/CD integration, Git/GitLab and Maven
• Agile (Scrum) and defect lifecycle management in JIRA
• AWS and event-driven architectures (Kafka)
• Performance testing tools such as K6 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲
• Testing cloud-native and distributed systems
• Contract testing methodologies and tools
• Public sector or large-scale enterprise delivery 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 UK right-to-work candidates only, including eligible dependant visa holders and those with ILR. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship or Skilled Worker visa support is not available. To apply or find out more, contact Robert@gazellegc.com