Remote Test Engineer - Automation & Microservices

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare authority in the UK is seeking a Test Engineer to perform testing activities for its Digital directorate. The successful candidate will manage testing for key health research systems, focusing on system integration and user acceptance testing while ensuring quality assurance for all software releases. This role offers flexible working arrangements, including home-based options, and a competitive salary range between £47,810 to £54,710. Applicants should have a master's degree in IS/IT and relevant technical certifications.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Inclusive workplace culture

Home-based working options

Qualifications

• Educated to a master's level or equivalent in IS / IT field.
• Certified in ISTQB Foundation.
• Experience of working as an automated test engineer.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate system and user acceptance testing.
• Write, debug, and refactor test code for end-to-end testing.
• Plan and coordinate testing activities of key national information systems.

Skills

Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of test tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, JMeter

Working knowledge of software coding language in the Microsoft stack (C#, node.js, JavaScript)

Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases

Education

Master's level in IS / IT field or equivalent experience

Certified in ISTQB Foundation

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Job description

A healthcare authority in the UK is seeking a Test Engineer to perform testing activities for its Digital directorate. The successful candidate will manage testing for key health research systems, focusing on system integration and user acceptance testing while ensuring quality assurance for all software releases. This role offers flexible working arrangements, including home-based options, and a competitive salary range between £47,810 to £54,710. Applicants should have a master's degree in IS/IT and relevant technical certifications.