Quality Engineer

Hays are now looking for a Quality Engineer for one of our local clients:

Up to £500 p/d Inside IR35
Hybrid, 2 days in the office, 3 days WFH
Location is Telford
We're looking for a Quality Engineer to join an Agile delivery team, helping to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll play a key role in designing and implementing automated testing solutions using Java, JUnit and Playwright, ensuring quality is built into every stage of delivery within a modern CI/CD environment.

What you'll be doing

Designing and developing automated test frameworks and solutions from scratch
Building and maintaining UI and API automation suites using Playwright and Java
Developing automated tests aligned with TDD and BDD practices using JUnit and Cucumber
Embedding quality engineering practices across the Scrum team
Integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
Delivering functional, integration and non-functional testing activities
Applying risk-based testing methodologies and effective test design techniques
Creating and managing test data to support automation activities
Supporting accessibility, security and performance testing initiatives
Analysing business requirements, technical designs and architectures to define test approaches
Coaching and mentoring engineers to improve quality engineering capability across the team
Supporting manual testing where automation is not appropriate
What we're looking for

Strong experience as a Quality Engineer, Automation Tester or SDET
Proven experience building automation frameworks using Playwright
Strong Java development and testing experience
Experience using JUnit for automated testing
Good understanding of CI/CD principles and tooling

Experience with Git/Git Lab version control
Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum delivery environments
Experience testing APIs, microservices and distributed systems
Knowledge of functional, integration and non-functional testing
Strong communication, stakeholder management and team collaboration skills
Nice to have

Cucumber/Gherkin
Gatling performance testing
OWASP ZAP security testing
Sonar Qube
Git Hub Copilot
Wire Mock
Accessibility testing tools such as Axe or Wave
Kubernetes and Docker
AWS
OpenAPI specifications

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