Senior Automation engineer
Posted 4 days ago by VIQU IT
£450 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Leominster
Summary: The Senior Automation Engineer role is a 6-month initial contract focused on enhancing automation capabilities within a UK-based education technology company. The position requires hands-on involvement with C# coding and collaboration with developers to improve existing automation frameworks and test coverage. The successful candidate will also integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines and support various testing phases. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a growing product business during a critical expansion phase.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess and improve existing automation frameworks and test coverage
- Build and enhance automated UI and API tests using C# and Selenium
- Work closely with developers to embed quality within the development lifecycle
- Identify gaps in current automation and suggest practical improvements
- Create and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data-driven testing
- Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines
- Support integration testing and UAT where required
- Deliver at pace while balancing quality and risk
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as Senior Automation Engineer / SDET / Automation Test Engineer
- Hands-on coding ability in C# / .NET
- Solid Selenium WebDriver experience
- Experience working with and improving existing automation frameworks
- API testing experience (REST / Postman or similar)
- Good SQL skills for data validation
- Experience working within CI/CD environments (Azure DevOps or similar)
- Comfortable working closely with developers in a collaborative environment
- Proactive and communicative, able to suggest improvements rather than just execute tasks
- Exposure to tools such as Copilot or similar is beneficial but not essential
Salary (Rate): £450/day
City: Leominster
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Senior Automation Engineer – 6 Month Initial Contract – Leominster – Outside IR35
VIQU are supporting a growing UK-based software provider within the education technology sector who are seeking a hands-on Senior Automation Engineer to strengthen their product engineering capability.
This role is focused on increasing delivery output and improving existing automation capability within a fast-paced product environment. The successful Senior Automation Engineer will work closely with developers, contributing within the C# codebase while reviewing and enhancing current automation frameworks.
The Role:
- Assess and improve existing automation frameworks and test coverage
- Build and enhance automated UI and API tests using C# and Selenium
- Work closely with developers to embed quality within the development lifecycle
- Identify gaps in current automation and suggest practical improvements
- Create and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data-driven testing
- Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines
- Support integration testing and UAT where required
- Deliver at pace while balancing quality and risk
Key Skills & Experience:
- Strong experience as Senior Automation Engineer / SDET / Automation Test Engineer
- Hands-on coding ability in C# / .NET
- Solid Selenium WebDriver experience
- Experience working with and improving existing automation frameworks
- API testing experience (REST / Postman or similar)
- Good SQL skills for data validation
- Experience working within CI/CD environments (Azure DevOps or similar)
- Comfortable working closely with developers in a collaborative environment
- Proactive and communicative, able to suggest improvements rather than just execute tasks
- Exposure to tools such as Copilot or similar is beneficial but not essential
Role details:
Job role: Senior Automation Engineer / SDET / QA / Automation Test Engineer
Job type: Contract
Duration: 6-month initial contract
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
IR35 status: Outside IR35
Location: Leominster (2 days onsite initially, reducing to 1 day after first month)
This is an opportunity for the Senior Automation Engineer to join a growing product business during a key phase of expansion, contributing directly to delivery success within a collaborative engineering team.
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