Test Engineer - Newcastle - Inside IR35

Opus Recruitment Solutions; North East; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking a skilled tester for an onsite role in Newcastle. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in REST assured testing, experience with Selenium, and knowledge of CI/CD processes. This position, which operates inside IR35, offers around £350 per day. Candidates should be familiar with agile methodologies and possess excellent test planning and code quality practices.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with REST assured testing and automation.
• Proficient in Selenium and JavaScript/Typescript for UI test automation.
• Experience with WireMock for mocking services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct automated testing for web applications.
• Collaborate with development teams on CI/CD processes.
• Develop testing strategies and ensure code quality.

Skills

REST assured testing

Selenium

UI test automation with JavaScript/Typescript

Mocking with WireMock

Git

CI/CD with GitLab

AWS

Testing lifecycle knowledge

Test planning and strategy

Agile practices

Code quality practices

Job description

Overview

I am working with a consultancy feeding into a public sector end client.

Inside IR35

Onsite travel in Newcastle

Around £350 per day

Tech stack and requirements

• Strong REST assured testing experience including automation
• Selenium
• UI test automation with JavaScript/Typescript
• Mocking with WireMock or similar
• Git experience including understanding of good branching practices
• CI/CD with GitLab or similar and understanding of the CI/CD process
• AWS
• Strong knowledge of the testing lifecycle
• Evidence of good test planning and strategy
• Experience of agile working and test practices
• Evidence of good engineering/code quality practices

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