Test Engineer
Summary: The Test Engineer role focuses on migrating an automated test suite from Selenium to Playwright within a large-scale NHS programme. The position requires collaboration with developers and product teams to enhance the testing approach for a critical digital platform. Candidates must have previous experience in the NHS or wider Government sector and possess strong skills in automated testing frameworks. This role is essential for driving quality engineering practices and ensuring robust testing processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the migration of automated test suites from Selenium to Playwright.
- Design, develop and maintain automated UI and end-to-end test frameworks.
- Create reliable, scalable and maintainable automated test scripts.
- Collaborate with developers and product teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
- Execute functional, regression and integration testing across multiple environments.
- Analyse test results, identify defects and work with engineering teams to resolve issues.
- Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment processes.
- Promote testing best practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering function.
Key Skills:
- Strong commercial experience as a Test Engineer, QA Automation Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET).
- Proven experience with both Selenium and Playwright, including migrating test frameworks between the two.
- Strong experience writing automated UI and end-to-end tests.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript for test automation.
- Experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar).
- Experience using Git and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Strong understanding of test strategy, automation frameworks and quality engineering principles.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Previous NHS or Central Government experience is essential.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Test Engineer (Selenium to Playwright Migration) £400/day | Inside IR35 | Until March 2027 | Leeds (1-2 days per month)
The Role
We're looking for an experienced Test Engineer to join a large-scale NHS programme, supporting the migration of an established automated test suite from Selenium to Playwright . This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in modernising the testing approach across a critical digital platform. You'll work closely with developers, DevOps engineers and product teams to design, build and maintain robust automated tests while helping drive best practice in quality engineering. Previous NHS or wider Government experience is essential.
Responsibilities
- Lead the migration of automated test suites from Selenium to Playwright.
- Design, develop and maintain automated UI and end-to-end test frameworks.
- Create reliable, scalable and maintainable automated test scripts.
- Collaborate with developers and product teams to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
- Execute functional, regression and integration testing across multiple environments.
- Analyse test results, identify defects and work with engineering teams to resolve issues.
- Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment processes.
- Promote testing best practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering function.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience as a Test Engineer, QA Automation Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET).
- Proven experience with both Selenium and Playwright , including migrating test frameworks between the two.
- Strong experience writing automated UI and end-to-end tests.
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript for test automation.
- Experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar).
- Experience using Git and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Strong understanding of test strategy, automation frameworks and quality engineering principles.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Previous NHS or Central Government experience is essential.
Desirable Skills
- Experience testing cloud-hosted applications (AWS or Azure).
- API testing experience using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
- Experience with performance or accessibility testing.
- Familiarity with Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) frameworks such as Cucumber.
Apply now or email dom@briodigital.io for more information
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