Senior Test Engineer
Posted Today by Storm ID
£350 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Test Engineer role at Storm ID involves leading testing activities for public sector digital services, ensuring high-quality delivery within agile teams. The position requires collaboration with developers and stakeholders to maintain standards for reliability and user-centered design. This contract role is suited for an experienced professional who can quickly integrate into existing teams and contribute to quality assurance processes. The contract is initially for three months with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and deliver testing activities across agile public sector projects
- Define and execute effective test approaches, balancing manual and automated testing (where applicable)
- Support quality assurance across user journeys, integrations and service workflows
- Collaborate with developers to embed quality early through shift-left practices
- Provide clear reporting on quality, risks, defects and delivery confidence
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes and standards
- Mentor and support other test engineers where appropriate
Key Skills:
- Proven experience operating as a Senior Test Engineer in agile teams
- Strong knowledge of testing principles, strategy and delivery within digital services
- Experience testing APIs, integrations and complex systems
- Familiarity with automation approaches and tools (not mandatory, but beneficial)
- Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams with varied stakeholders
- Strong communication skills and ability to articulate quality-related risk
Salary (Rate): £350 daily
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Test Engineer (Contract) – Public Sector Delivery
Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid)
Contract Length : Initial 3 months, with potential extension
Day Rate: £350 pd outside IR35
Security: BPSS clearance may be required (supported/provided through the project)
Storm ID is an award-winning Edinburgh-based digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations accelerate their use of digital, data and AI. We believe in tailored solutions, assembling expert teams to address each client's unique needs. Our services span strategy, design, technology and data & AI, ensuring seamless end-to-end delivery of platforms, products and services with real-world impact. What sets us apart is our commitment to long-lasting, data-driven, user-centred change. We enjoy close collaboration between our teams, ensuring projects move smoothly from discovery to design to delivery. We recognise the crucial link between digital and data, creating intelligent services that leverage both. We work with a range of clients across the Scottish and UK public and private sector.
Storm ID is seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer to support the delivery of high-quality digital services for public sector clients. This is a short-term contract role, ideal for someone who can quickly embed into agile delivery teams and provide strong quality leadership across complex service environments. You will work closely with developers, product teams and stakeholders to ensure solutions meet the expected standards for reliability, accessibility and user-centred delivery.
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver testing activities across agile public sector projects
- Define and execute effective test approaches, balancing manual and automated testing (where applicable)
- Support quality assurance across user journeys, integrations and service workflows
- Collaborate with developers to embed quality early through shift-left practices
- Provide clear reporting on quality, risks, defects and delivery confidence
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes and standards
- Mentor and support other test engineers where appropriate
- Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience operating as a Senior Test Engineer in agile teams
- Strong knowledge of testing principles, strategy and delivery within digital services
- Experience testing APIs, integrations and complex systems
- Familiarity with automation approaches and tools (not mandatory, but beneficial)
- Comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams with varied stakeholders
- Strong communication skills and ability to articulate quality-related risk
- Desirable Experience
- Experience delivering services aligned with GDS standards
- Background in public sector, government or regulated environments
- Exposure to accessibility, performance or security testing practices
- Consultancy or agency experience adapting across multiple clients/projects
- Experience using Jira, but Azure Devops Test Plans would be good too
- Experience with AWS