Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Posted Today by RedRock Consulting
£510 Per day
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior QA Engineer role involves supporting a government department on a high-profile programme, focusing on testing complex integrations, data migration, and performance. This position is a contract for an initial duration of three months, requiring immediate availability and active SC clearance. The role is remote and part of a modern, agile delivery team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement test strategies across multiple systems
- Deliver contract testing using Pact
- Build and maintain integration tests (Kotlin)
- Develop UI component and end-to-end tests using Playwright or Cypress (TypeScript)
- Lead on performance testing across UI and APIs (ideally using Gatling)
- Support testing of data migration activities
- Validate cross-system integrations and state changes between legacy and modern platforms
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in contract testing (Pact)
- Experience with integration testing in Kotlin
- Proven experience with Playwright or Cypress (TypeScript) for UI and E2E testing
- Experience in performance testing (Gatling desirable)
- Strong understanding of complex system integrations and data flows
- Experience testing data migration scenarios
- Ability to define and contribute to test strategy
Salary (Rate): £510 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior QA Engineer Contract | Up to £425/day | Inside IR35 | Remote | Active SC Required
We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to support a government department on a high-profile programme, focusing on testing across complex integrations, data migration, and performance . This is an initial 3-month contract with an immediate start, working within a modern, agile delivery team.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement test strategies across multiple systems
- Deliver contract testing using Pact
- Build and maintain integration tests (Kotlin)
- Develop UI component and end-to-end tests using Playwright or Cypress (TypeScript)
- Lead on performance testing across UI and APIs (ideally using Gatling)
- Support testing of data migration activities
- Validate cross-system integrations and state changes between legacy and modern platforms
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in contract testing (Pact)
- Experience with integration testing in Kotlin
- Proven experience with Playwright or Cypress (TypeScript) for UI and E2E testing
- Experience in performance testing (Gatling desirable)
- Strong understanding of complex system integrations and data flows
- Experience testing data migration scenarios
- Ability to define and contribute to test strategy
Contract Details
Rate: Up to £510 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: Initial 3 months
Location: Remote
Start: ASAP
Clearance Active SC Clearance – essential