Test Engineer (Contract)

Storm ID Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Storm ID is seeking a Test Engineer to join Edinburgh-based teams on a large-scale, safety-critical public-sector digital transformation programme. The role is a contract for an initial 6 months, with BPSS clearance supported through the project, working in blended squads with client staff.

You will execute and extend within an established test framework, delivering API, UI and non-functional testing across the programme while deepening your testing specialism as the project progresses.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Test Engineer within sprint-based delivery teams.
• Hands-on API testing against REST APIs (Postman or equivalent).
• Experience with structured test management tooling with traceability.
• Strong documentation discipline for audit and governance.
• Effective defect management and risk articulation.
• Automation experience with Playwright or Cypress/Selenium transition.
• Non-functional testing experience (Accessibility and Performance).

Responsibilities

• Execute and extend the test framework within the established approach.
• Collaborate in blended squads with client staff.
• Perform test activities across API, UI and non-functional areas.

Skills

Agile Test Delivery

API Testing

Test Management

Documentation Discipline

Defect Management

Test Automation

Non-functional Testing

Regulated Environments

Healthcare Interoperability

BDD/Gherkin

SQL Queries

CI/CD

Git

Tools

Postman

Azure DevOps

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Git

Job description

Test Engineer
Edinburgh
Contract - Initial 6 months
Outside of IR35

Storm ID is an award-winning Edinburgh-based digital transformation consultancy that helps organisations accelerate their use of digital, data and AI. We believe in tailored solutions, assembling expert teams to address each client's unique needs. Our services span strategy, design, technology and data & AI, ensuring seamless end-to-end delivery of platforms, products and services with real-world impact. What sets us apart is our commitment to long-lasting, data-driven, user-centred change. We enjoy close collaboration between our teams, ensuring projects move smoothly from discovery to design to delivery. We recognise the crucial link between digital and data, creating intelligent services that leverage both.

We work with a range of clients across the Scottish and UK public and private sectors.

About the Role

We're looking for a Test Engineer to join our team working on a large-scale, safety-critical public sector digital transformation programme. This is a significant initiative focused on replacing legacy processes with a modern digital service, offering a genuine opportunity to contribute to work that has real-world impact at national scale.

You'll be part of a small, experienced test team within Storm ID, working in blended squads alongside client staff. The test strategy, automation framework and tooling are established and owned by senior test engineers. This is a hands-on delivery role where you'll execute and extend within that framework from day one, with clear scope to deepen your specialism as the programme progresses. BPSS clearance is required and supported through the project.

Essential Experience

• Agile Test Delivery: Solid experience as a Test Engineer within sprint-based delivery teams
• API Testing: Hands-on experience testing REST APIs using Postman or similar
• Test Management: Experience with structured test management tooling (Azure DevOps Test Plans or equivalent) including requirements-to-defect traceability
• Documentation Discipline: Diligent approach to test evidence and records; this programme carries formal audit and governance requirements
• Defect Management: Raises, describes and tracks defects clearly, articulating impact and risk
• Test Automation: Working experience writing and maintaining automated tests; Playwright preferred, or strong Cypress/Selenium experience with willingness to transition OR
• NFT: Non-functional testing experience - ideally Accessibility and Performance but Compatibility and Security would also be desirable

Desirable

• Regulated Environments: Exposure to healthcare, public sector or other safety-critical/regulated delivery
• Healthcare Interoperability: Familiarity with HL7 FHIR or similar standards
• BDD/Gherkin Syntax: Experience with Given/When/Then, SpecFlow, Cucumber or similar
• SQL / Database Queries: Experience querying databases to verify test data
• CI/CD: Familiarity with automated test execution within pipelines
• Git: Comfortable working with repositories and version control

Soft Skills / Ways of Working

• Quality Advocate: Champions quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, not just at the end
• Collaborative: Comfortable working in blended squads with client staff
• Self-Sufficient: Delivers within an established framework with minimal hand-holding
• AI-Enabled Working: Comfortable using AI tools as part of day-to-day testing and delivery work
• Willing to Learn: Engages with new domains and technologies proactively
• Communication: Articulates findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

During this programme, you will have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

• Advanced test automation within a Playwright-based framework and BDD layer
• CI/CD quality gates and automated test execution at scale
• Testing FHIR-based healthcare integrations across multiple supplier systems
• Clinical safety testing and DCB 0129/0160 standards in practice
• Accessibility, performance and non-functional testing on a national service
• Requirements-to-defect traceability supporting a formal clinical safety case