Job

Job

Quality Engineer

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Telford
County:Shropshire
Salary/Rate:£400 - £430 per day
Business Sector:IT
Job ref:LFI 155171
Post Date:October 27, 2026

Quality Engineer

Telford / Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite

£430 per day inside ir35

6 months contract

Eligible for BPSS

We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to join a major, multi-year digital transformation programme, supporting a critical data migration workstream.

You will play a key role in embedding quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, developing automated test solutions and ensuring data is accurately migrated from legacy services into new strategic solutions.

Working alongside developers, data engineers and architects, you will help drive best practice, improve test coverage and promote a whole-team approach to quality.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automated testing solutions and frameworks.

  • Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to improve delivery quality and efficiency.

  • Apply risk-based testing approaches across functional, integration and non-functional testing.

  • Support data migration testing, including data validation, accuracy and integrity.

  • Analyse technical requirements and develop effective test strategies.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to improve testability and embed quality throughout development.

  • Coach colleagues and promote testing best practices.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Experience in Quality Engineering and software testing.

  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

  • Experience with GitLab or a strong understanding of Git.

  • Data migration testing experience.

  • Strong test design, analysis and risk-based testing skills.

  • Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

  • A proactive, quality-driven approach with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable Experience

Experience with tools and technologies such as JUnit, Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber, Gatling, WireMock, SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS or Java would be advantageous.

If you're a Quality Engineer with strong automation and data migration testing experience, looking for your next contract within a large-scale transformation programme, we'd like to hear from you.