Test Engineer

scrumconnect ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

scrumconnect ltd is seeking a Test Engineer to join agile teams delivering public sector digital services. You design and maintain test frameworks, focusing on accessibility and quality across APIs and cloud-native systems.

Responsibilities include building automation frameworks with Playwright, API testing with Rest Assured, Postman and Swagger, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. Strong QA discipline and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on test automation experience, preferably with Playwright.
• API testing experience with Rest Assured, Postman or similar.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD.
• Solid QA methodologies, defect management and test planning.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Docker, Linux basics and cloud-native test environments.
• Experience in agile delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain test automation frameworks, with Playwright as the main tool.
• Automate API testing using Rest Assured, Postman and Swagger.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub or GitLab).
• Write BDD scenarios using Cucumber, SpecFlow or Reqnroll.
• Run functional, integration, end-to-end, regression and acceptance testing.
• Carry out accessibility testing to WCAG standards.
• Run performance testing, ideally with k6 (JMeter or BlazeMeter also used).
• Validate data using SQL and test event-driven systems such as Kafka and Azure Service Bus.
• Manage defects, plan tests using a risk-based approach and maintain traceability.

Skills

Playwright

API testing

CI/CD integration

QA methodologies

SQL

Docker

Linux basics

Cloud-native test environments

Agile delivery teams

Tools

Rest Assured

Postman

Swagger

Jenkins

GitHub

GitLab

Kafka

Azure Service Bus

Job description

Test Engineer

Salary: up to £45,000

Clearance: BPSS

We are looking for automation-first Test Engineers to join agile teams building public sector digital services. You will design and maintain test frameworks, not just run tests, with a strong focus on accessibility and quality across APIs and cloud-native systems.

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain test automation frameworks, with Playwright as the main tool.

• Automate API testing using Rest Assured, Postman and Swagger.

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub or GitLab).

• Write BDD scenarios using Cucumber, SpecFlow or Reqnroll.

• Run functional, integration, end-to-end, regression and acceptance testing.

• Carry out accessibility testing to WCAG standards.

• Run performance testing, ideally with k6 (JMeter or BlazeMeter also used).

• Validate data using SQL and test event-driven systems such as Kafka and Azure Service Bus.

• Manage defects, plan tests using a risk-based approach and maintain traceability.

What you will bring

• Strong hands-on test automation experience, ideally with Playwright.

• API testing experience with Rest Assured, Postman or similar.

• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD.

• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, defect management and test planning.

• Working knowledge of SQL, Docker, Linux basics and cloud-native test environments.

• Experience working in agile delivery teams.

Desirable

• Accessibility testing with tools such as Axe, WAVE, Lighthouse, JAWS, Dragon or ZoomText.

• UK government or GOV.UK service experience.

• Existing BPSS or SC clearance, or eligibility for SC.

• Performance testing with k6, JMeter or BlazeMeter.

• Monitoring tools such as Grafana and Kibana.

• Test tooling such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr, Azure DevOps, and Allure or Extent Reports.