On behalf of Companies House, we are looking for a Senior Test Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 4 Month contract based REMOTE.

As a Senior Test Engineer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Test Migration: Lead the migration of existing tests from Selenium/Java to Playwright/TypeScript, ensuring a seamless transition and maintaining the quality of automated tests.
• Framework Contribution: Develop, enhance, and maintain our Playwright-based test automation framework, to meet the team's needs and support future testing efforts.
• Collaboration: Work closely with test engineers, developers, and other stakeholders to foster a culture of automation and enhance overall product quality.
• Tooling and Infrastructure: Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure the test automation framework integrates smoothly with CI/CD pipelines, Docker environments, and cross-browser testing tools like BrowserStack.
• Quality Assurance: Promote best practices in testing and automation, embedding high quality throughout the development lifecycle.

Essential Technical Skills:

• Proven experience as a Test Automation Engineer or in a similar role, with a strong focus on modern test automation practices.
• Strong proficiency in Playwright, Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integration of test automation within those pipelines.
• Knowledge of Docker and experience working in containerised environments.

Desirable Technical Skills:

• Experience migrating tests from Selenium (Java) to Playwright.
• Experience in cross-browser testing using tools like BrowserStack.
• Familiarity with Concourse CI (or similar CI tools).
• Understanding of cloud services like AWS.
• Knowledge of Unix & shell scripting.
• Experience with SonarQube for code quality analysis.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Companies House guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Commitment

Companies House guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different"