Quality Engineer - Contract Opportunity

Location: Telford (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)
Contract: 12 months
Day Rate: £400-£430 per day (Inside IR35)
Clearance: BPSS Required

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer to join a major technology modernisation programme on a 12-month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within an Agile engineering environment, helping to drive quality across the software development lifecycle through automation, modern testing practices and continuous improvement.

You'll work closely with developers, engineers and stakeholders to embed quality from the outset, championing a shift-left approach to testing and ensuring robust, scalable solutions are delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated testing solutions and frameworks.

• Implement quality engineering best practices across Agile Scrum teams.

• Drive test automation within CI/CD pipelines to improve delivery efficiency and reduce risk.

• Apply TDD, BDD and risk-based testing methodologies.

• Ensure comprehensive test coverage across unit, system, functional, integration and non-functional testing.

• Collaborate with developers to promote testability and quality throughout the development lifecycle.

• Analyse complex business and technical requirements to define effective testing strategies.

• Support test data management, database testing and test environment preparation.

• Coach and mentor engineering teams to improve overall quality assurance capabilities.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and promote a culture of shared responsibility for quality.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong background in Software Testing and Quality Engineering.

• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and practices.

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.

• Good understanding of Git/GitLab.

• Knowledge of Java and Spring.

• Experience with TDD/BDD methodologies.

• Strong understanding of Agile delivery environments.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

• Ability to coach engineering teams and champion quality best practices.

Desirable Technical Skills

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

• Test Automation: Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, Cucumber/Gherkin

• Performance & Security Testing: Gatling, OWASP ZAP, SonarQube

• Accessibility Testing: Axe, WAVE, WCAG

• Development & Testing Tools: WireMock, GitHub Copilot, OpenAPI

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices

Contract Details

• Rate: £400-£430 per day (Inside IR35)

• Duration: 12 months

• Location: Telford - minimum 2 days per week onsite

• Clearance: BPSS required

Interested?

If you're an experienced Quality Engineer with a passion for automation, Agile delivery and building quality into the software development lifecycle, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch to discuss the opportunity further.