QA Engineer

Summary: The role of QA Engineer focuses on automation testing within a collaborative development team, emphasizing hands-on problem-solving and quality code production. The position requires close interaction with developers and product owners in an agile environment. Candidates should be proficient in Java and familiar with BDD and CI/CD tools. Immediate starters are preferred for this hybrid role with a competitive daily rate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working side-by-side with product owners and developers to shape testing strategies and make sure everything works as expected.
• Pairing with developers to catch issues early and make sure new features are fully functional.
• Running integration tests across multiple systems to keep things running smoothly together.
• Acting as a quality gatekeeper-making sure only reliable code gets released.
• Getting involved in daily standups, sprint planning, retros, and other agile ceremonies.
• Being the main contact for other teams that rely on your systems, helping to keep communication and coordination smooth.
• Investigating issues in live environments, getting to the root cause, and helping to fix them quickly.

Key Skills:

• Solid experience working in agile environments, with a good grasp of things like pair programming and code reviews.
• Strong Java skills (Java 17 or later).
• Comfortable with BDD using the Cucumber framework.
• Experience writing end-to-end tests using Playwright or Cypress (JavaScript).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Confident with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Able to write and run tests for REST APIs, ensuring performance and stability.

Salary (Rate): £600 per day

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

QA Engineer - Automation Engineer - Java - Cucumber - Eclipse - Paying up too £600 per day (Inside IR35) - Hybrid - 6 Months - Immediate Starters

We're looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to join a collaborative and fast-paced development team. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving real-world problems, writing quality code, and working closely with developers and analysts in an agile setup.

Paying up to £600 (Inside IR35) depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Working side-by-side with product owners and developers to shape testing strategies and make sure everything works as expected.
• Pairing with developers to catch issues early and make sure new features are fully functional.
• Running integration tests across multiple systems to keep things running smoothly together.
• Acting as a quality gatekeeper-making sure only reliable code gets released.
• Getting involved in daily standups, sprint planning, retros, and other agile ceremonies.
• Being the main contact for other teams that rely on your systems, helping to keep communication and coordination smooth.
• Investigating issues in live environments, getting to the root cause, and helping to fix them quickly.

What we're looking for:

• Solid experience working in agile environments, with a good grasp of things like pair programming and code reviews.
• Strong Java skills (Java 17 or later).
• Comfortable with BDD using the Cucumber framework.
• Experience writing end-to-end tests using Playwright or Cypress (JavaScript).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• Confident with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Able to write and run tests for REST APIs, ensuring performance and stability.

The interview process has begun, so if you believe you have the right experience then please get in touch ASAP!