Senior Test Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Computer Futures on Linkedin
£490 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Test Engineer role is a contract position focused on enhancing quality assurance practices within software development at a travel company. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional testing knowledge and experience in API and backend testing, while also being comfortable collaborating with various teams. This position requires a shift-left approach to testing and emphasizes the importance of effective test automation and communication skills. The contract duration is 12 months, with a hybrid working arrangement requiring one day on-site each week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Embed testing and quality practices in software development
- Collaborate with the team for an exceptional customer experience
- Contribute to effective test automation
- Ensure quality is built into the product
- Influence team on appropriate testing at all levels of the Test Pyramid
- Post-release monitoring and tracing experience (Grafana and/or Honeycomb)
- Non-functional testing (Performance and Security)
- API test creation and contract test creation with Pact Flow
- Experience in large cross-team projects and collaborative testing
Key Skills:
- Exceptional Testing Knowledge
- Shift Left Approach
- Versatile: Ability to work individually and with a developer
- Intermediate Knowledge: Security and performance testing
- Understanding of various testing types
- Java experience
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills
- Front-end automation with Playwright
- AWS and GitLab experience
Salary (Rate): £490
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT