Lead Test Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by Brio Digital
£600 Per day
Inside
Onsite
Greater Leeds Area
Summary: The Lead Test Engineer will oversee automated testing for a significant public health program within a digital transformation initiative. This role involves leading a skilled test team, defining automation strategies, and maintaining hands-on coding responsibilities to ensure quality throughout the delivery process. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline effectively. The contract duration is four months, with a focus on best practices in automated testing using Playwright and related tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the definition and implementation of test strategy across multiple workstreams.
- Drive best practices in automated testing, with deep hands-on expertise in Playwright and related tools/frameworks.
- Mentor and upskill other engineers in automation techniques and tooling.
- Collaborate closely with developers, BAs, and DevOps to ensure testing is fully integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Own defect triage, root cause analysis, and quality reporting to stakeholders.
- Ensure testing approaches align with GDS standards and central government delivery models.
Key Skills:
- Extensive, demonstrable Playwright automation experience (TypeScript / JavaScript preferred).
- Background in public health or central government digital delivery.
- Strong knowledge of automation frameworks, tooling, and best practices.
- Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable automated test scripts.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
- Comfortable leading test planning, risk analysis, and quality governance.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Salary (Rate): £600/day
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Lead Test Engineer – Public Health
Location: 1-2x/week in Leeds
duration: 4 Months
Day Rate: £600/day
Inside IR35
We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Test Engineer to take ownership of automated testing across a high-impact public health programme. This role sits within a large-scale digital transformation initiative in the Public Health space. You’ll lead a small but highly skilled test team, set the automation strategy, and still keep your hands in the code to ensure quality at every stage of delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the definition and implementation of test strategy across multiple workstreams.
- Drive best practices in automated testing, with deep hands-on expertise in Playwright and related tools/frameworks.
- Mentor and upskill other engineers in automation techniques and tooling.
- Collaborate closely with developers, BAs, and DevOps to ensure testing is fully integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
- Own defect triage, root cause analysis, and quality reporting to stakeholders.
- Ensure testing approaches align with GDS standards and central government delivery models.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Extensive, demonstrable Playwright automation experience (TypeScript / JavaScript preferred).
- Background in public health or central government digital delivery.
- Strong knowledge of automation frameworks, tooling, and best practices.
- Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable automated test scripts.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
- Comfortable leading test planning, risk analysis, and quality governance.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Desirable
- Familiarity with accessibility and performance testing tools.
- Understanding of security testing principles.
- Experience working within a DevOps / SRE culture.
Apply now or email dom@briodigital.io for more info.