Quality Engineer

undisclosed; Telford; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

undisclosed is seeking a Quality Engineer capable of designing and implementing automated test solutions across the CI/CD lifecycle. You will drive risk-based testing, mentor the team, and ensure robust test data management and testing collateral.

Strong Java/Spring and Gitlab knowledge are essential, with broad QA experience across unit to non-functional testing. You will contribute to automation strategies, embrace TDD/BDD, and collaborate with stakeholders to shorten feedback loops and

Qualifications

• All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test solutions and automation from scratch using best practices.
• Apply structured testing and automation approaches with TDD/BDD alignment.
• Draw on CI/CD lifecycle testing experience and automation frameworks.
• Use risk-based testing methods to guide test activities.
• Upskill the engineering team to boost overall QA capability.
• Apply test design techniques and strong test analysis.
• Knowledge of databases and test data creation.
• Manage and identify test data effectively.
• Ensure the quality of testing collateral.
• Demonstrate broad test levels: Unit, System, Functional, Integration and NFR testing.
• Analyse complex requirements and architectures to shape the testing solution.

Skills

CI/CD

Software Testing

Gitlab

Java/Spring

Communication

Coaching

Quality Driven

Adaptability

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Junit

Playwright

Gatling

SonarQube

Wave

Axe

Docker

Micro-services

AWS

WCAG

Selenium

Agile Scrum

Agile Practices

Job description

Rate: up to £460 p/d Umbrellainside IR35

Quality Engineers are the custodians of quality within the scrum team, who implement the COTAX Modernisation Test Strategy and Project Test Approaches defined by the QA and QA Service Leads.

They embody the Quality Engineering approach:

• Ensuring quality is a full team responsibility across all test levels
• Governing and supporting the whole team to follow best practice
• Achieving the appropriate level of test coverage throughout the test lifecycle
• Enabling the use of automated tools to ‘shift left’ quality assurance and reduce risk – shortening the feedback loop for proving features
• Ensure applications are built to be tested via automation.
• Supports manual testing when all automation avenues have been exhausted.

Main roles and responsibilities include:

• Designing and implementing test solutions and the automation to support these, often from scratch, by applying best practice approaches
• Applying structured testing and automation approaches, utilising technologies aligned with TDD/BDD
• Bringing a breadth of experience of testing within the CI/CD lifecycle, its supporting technologies and experience of automation testing frameworks
• Applying test approaches and applying risk-based testing methodologies
• Upskilling the engineering team to increase QA capability as a whole team responsibility
• Implementing test design techniques, strong test analysis skills
• Knowledge of databases and test data creation
• Applying best practices when identifying and managing Test data
• Responsible for the quality of the testing collateral
• Broad knowledge of test levels across Unit, System, Functional and Integration along with NFR testing (typically performance, accessibility, and security testing)
• Analyse complex business requirements, business processes, and technical architectures and designs. Uses these as the basis for the Testing solution.

Quality Engineers are expected to be, or become, T-shaped, able to operate across the product stack, including involvement in development activities through pair-programming techniques.

Required Skills:

• CI/CD
• Software Testing
• Gitlab (understanding of Git at least is essential)
• Java/Spring
• Proven communication skills
• Proven coaching skills
• Quality Driven
• Adaptable/ability to context switch
• Stakeholder Management

Optional Skills:

• Junit
• Playwright
• Gatling
• SonarQube
• Wave
• Axe
• Docker
• Micro-services
• AWS
• WCAG
• Selenium
• Agile Scrum
• Agile Practices

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience.