What you'll be doing
- Design and evolve an automation approach across your product area (API, UI, contract, component and more)
- Build, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts
- Integrate automation deeply into CI/CD pipelines, optimising parallel runs for deterministic, stable outputs
- Investigate flaky tests, identify root causes, and drive reliability standards
- Troubleshoot complex automation failures and recommend corrective actions
- Provide meaningful reporting that highlights real risks, not just raw numbers
- Review automation code and mentor junior/mid-level automation engineers
- Create reusable components, utilities and libraries to improve efficiency and maintainability
- Work with developers, product managers and DevOps engineers to ensure fast, stable, trustworthy releases
- Support compliance and security alignment relevant to healthcare data systems (where applicable)
What you'll bring
- Proven experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks
- Strong expertise in API testing and automation (automation desirable, or you can learn and support the team)
- Solid programming skills in Java and Python
- Hands-on CI/CD experience integrating automated tests into pipelines
- Experience with SDLC/STLC and Agile methodologies
- The ability to lead continuous improvement-making frameworks cleaner, faster, and easier for others to build on
- Confidence reviewing automation code, spotting issues early, and promoting good test coding habits
Additional information
- Outside IR35
- 3 months initially, with potential extensions if demand continues
- Pay for your own BPSS
- You can use your own laptop (any make/model)
Rate:
£220/day
Location:
London
IR35 Status:
Outside
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Mid-Level