Contract Software Tester
Posted Today by Spectrum IT Recruitment
£350 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Contract Software Tester will work within an Agile delivery environment, focusing on defining and implementing test strategies for complex digital products. This role involves acting as the QA representative in an agile squad, ensuring high standards for both functional and non-functional requirements. The position requires collaboration with technical leads and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders. The contract duration is four months, with a hybrid working arrangement requiring one day per week in either London or Manchester office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, communicate, and implement test strategies and approaches
- Collaborate with technical leads to understand requirements
- Build and contribute to automated test frameworks
- Identify, troubleshoot, and investigate critical defects and root causes
- Produce clear and concise test evidence and reporting
- Communicate status updates and risks to technical and delivery stakeholders
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in automated RESTful API testing
- Hands-on experience configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins)
- Strong understanding of coding practices and software engineering principles
- Excellent communication skills with experience managing cross-team issues
- JavaScript and Java programming experience
- Experience with Rest Assured and Cucumber
- Strong experience with Gatling and Scala
- AWS experience including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, and related services
- Proven Agile environment experience
Salary (Rate): £350/day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Contract Software Tester
Day Rate: £325-£350 per day
Duration: 4 months
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid Working. 1 day per week in London or Manchester office.
We are currently supporting a highly recognised end client in the search for a Contract Software Tester. This role will sit within an Agile delivery environment and play a key part in defining, driving, and implementing robust test strategies across complex digital products. The successful contract Software Tester will act as the QA representative within an agile squad, championing quality across the full delivery lifecycle and ensuring both functional and non-functional requirements are met to a high standard.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, communicate, and implement test strategies and approaches
- Collaborate with technical leads to understand requirements
- Build and contribute to automated test frameworks
- Identify, troubleshoot, and investigate critical defects and root causes
- Produce clear and concise test evidence and reporting
- Communicate status updates and risks to technical and delivery stakeholders
Essential Skills:
- Strong experience in automated RESTful API testing
- Hands-on experience configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins)
- Strong understanding of coding practices and software engineering principles
- Excellent communication skills with experience managing cross-team issues
- JavaScript and Java programming experience
- Experience with Rest Assured and Cucumber
- Strong experience with Gatling and Scala
- AWS experience including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, and related services
- Proven Agile environment experience
Desirable Skills:
- Any Exposure to Node.js and Playwright
- Contract testing experience (PACT or Karate framework)
- Awareness of security testing practices
Due to the nature of the role, contractors must have recent commercial experience across all essential skills listed above to be considered. Please apply to the role for immediate consideration. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.