Test Engineer

ISR Recruitment; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for an experienced GDS Test Engineer for a 6-month contract. The role involves working remotely to ensure robust, accessible, and secure digital services for the Government Digital Services platform. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in automation, API testing, accessibility, and security testing. Collaborate within Agile delivery teams and contribute to improving testing practices, using tools like BrowserStack and Selenium.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in consulting as a Test Engineer on modern web-based services.
• Experience in automation, API testing, accessibility and security testing.
• Strong background in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Consult on meaningful digital services with real user impact.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Design, execute, and maintain automated and manual testing practices.

Skills

BrowserStack (cross-device / browser testing)

Ruby

Cucumber / Gherkin (BDD)

Selenium

API testing (REST, Postman / Newman)

Accessibility testing (WAVE, Pa11y)

Security testing (OWASP ZAP, Dependency Check)

Version control using Git

Agile delivery environments

Tools

JMeter

BlazeMeter

Job description

GDS Test Engineer – 6-month contract – c£400 to £425 per day (Outside-IR35) – 100% Remote Working

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking an experienced GDS Test Engineer with proven experience consulting as a Test Engineer on modern web-based services for the Government Digital Services platform.

You will be joining a delivery team working on high-quality, user-centred digital services, where you will work closely with developers, product owners and delivery colleagues to ensure services are robust, accessible, secure and performant.

This role will suit someone with strong automation, API testing, accessibility and security testing experience, who is comfortable working in an Agile environment.

Skills and Experience :

Essential

• BrowserStack (cross-device / browser testing)
• Ruby
• Cucumber / Gherkin (BDD)
• Selenium
• API testing (REST, Postman / Newman)
• Accessibility testing (WAVE, Pa11y)
• Security testing (OWASP ZAP, Dependency Check)
• Confident using browser developer tools and debugging techniques
• Strong understanding of version control using Git
• Comfortable working in Agile delivery environments

Desirable

• Performance testing using JMeter or BlazeMeter
• Experience working with the GOV‑UK Design System and assuring compliance with design standards
• Experience configuring or contributing to CI / CD pipelines for automated testing

Role and Responsibilities

You will be consulting on meaningful digital services with real user impact, collaborating with experienced, multi-disciplinary delivery teams.

A culture that values quality, accessibility and security as first-class concerns where you will have the opportunity to influence and improve testing practices across delivery.

Designing, executing and maintaining automated and manual testing practices across web and API-based services, carrying out cross-browser and cross-device testing using BrowserStack.

Implementing BDD test scenarios using Cucumber / Gherkin, as well as developing and maintaining automated browser tests using Selenium and Ruby.

Performing accessibility testing using tools such as WAVE and Pa11y and conducting security testing using OWASP ZAP and Dependency Check.

Validating RESTful APIs using Postman or Newman, along with using browser developer tools (Lighthouse, JavaScript debug console, etc.) to support functional and non-functional testing.

Collaborating effectively within Agile delivery teams, contributing to continuous improvement of testing practices whilst maintaining test code, documentation and version control using Git, GitHub or GitLab.

Applications

Please contact Edward here at ISR Recruitment to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology??