URGENT: QA Engineer – Central Government

Areti Group | B Corp™; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Areti Group | B Corp™ is hiring a QA Engineer for a UK government programme. Day rate £350pd Inside IR35, located in Newcastle (on-site, with sprint visits). Start: ASAP.

You will work within agile, sprint-based delivery teams, applying strong automation testing with Selenium/Playwright and Cucumber (BDD). BPSS clearance is required, with occasional travel to Newcastle per sprint. This role offers a fast-moving, impactful project with strong support for your expertise.

Qualifications

• Solid automation testing background using Selenium/Playwright.
• Hands-on experience with Cucumber (BDD).
• BPSS clearance required or ability to obtain.
• Confident working in agile, sprint-based delivery teams.

Skills

Automation testing

BPSS clearance

Agile/Sprint

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber (BDD)

Job description

Day Rate: £350pd, Inside IR35 | Location: Newcastle (once per sprint) | Start: ASAP

If you like contract work, like working for top public sector organisations, and value work-life balance with a genuinely great team — this one's for you. We're urgently hiring a QA Engineer to join one of the UK's largest and most impactful government programmes, with an ASAP start. Roles on programmes this high-profile don't come up often — and this one's moving fast.

• BPSS clearance required (or ability to obtain)
• Solid automation testing background using Selenium/Playwright
• Hands-on experience with Cucumber (BDD)
• Confident working in agile, sprint-based delivery teams
• Only occasional travel to Newcastle (once per sprint) — genuinely great work/life balance

This is a brilliant opportunity to bring your automation testing expertise to a mission-critical government programme, working alongside experienced engineers on high-visibility deliverables that make a real difference. And if you've got what it takes to land this one, you can be confident you'll be well looked after — BPSS-ready automation testers with this profile are in short supply, and we know how to take care of the people who have it.

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