Software Engineer in Test
Posted 5 days ago by Anson McCade
£575 Per day
Inside
Onsite
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Software Engineer in Test (SDET) involves taking ownership of automation, quality engineering, and test strategy for a high-visibility digital platform within a major UK government transformation programme. The position requires designing and building an automation framework, implementing automation across CI/CD pipelines, and leading various testing strategies. The role is contract-based, requiring on-site presence in Birmingham for 2-3 days a week, and is classified as inside IR35. The engagement is set for 12 months and requires SC eligibility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build a new automation framework within Azure DevOps
- Create a data-driven automated regression suite
- Implement automation across CI/CD pipelines
- Develop test automation for integrations, APIs, and platform services
- Lead test strategy covering integration, API, performance, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.2), and regression
- Own test evidence, metrics, reporting, and quality governance
- Collaborate with architects, product leads, and project managers to define testability and coverage
- Perform targeted manual testing only where automation isn't feasible
Key Skills:
- Strong automation engineering background
- Azure DevOps
- Dataverse API testing + API automation
- Power Automate
- Azure APIM
- Ability to architect automation pipelines for CI/CD
- Comfortable presenting coverage, metrics, and automation outcomes to stakeholders
- Understanding of performance, security, and accessibility testing principles
Salary (Rate): £575 daily
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SDET - Contract Role £575/day (Inside IR35) 2-3 Days On-Site in Birmingham 12-Month Engagement | SC Eligible
A leading consultancy is delivering a major UK government transformation programme and is looking for a hands-on SDET to take ownership of automation, quality engineering and test strategy across a high-visibility digital platform.
What You'll Own
- Design and build a new automation framework within Azure DevOps
- Create a data-driven automated regression suite
- Implement automation across CI/CD pipelines
- Develop test automation for integrations, APIs, and platform services
- Lead test strategy covering: integration, API, performance, security, accessibility (WCAG 2.2) and regression
- Own test evidence, metrics, reporting and quality governance
- Collaborate with architects, product leads and project managers to define testability and coverage
- Perform targeted manual testing only where automation isn't feasible
Tech & Experience Needed
- Strong automation engineering background
- Azure DevOps
- Dataverse API testing + API automation
- Power Automate
- Azure APIM
- Ability to architect automation pipelines for CI/CD
- Comfortable presenting coverage, metrics and automation outcomes to stakeholders
- Understanding of performance, security and accessibility testing principles
To hear more get in touch with Connor Smyth at Anson McCade.