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# Automation Test Architect - Financial Services- Contract

- **Company:** GCS Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Strategies of Testing, Performance Testing, Event Driven Architecture, Integration Tests, Service Stack, Microservices
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-5510A3B4ADF8F85C9F/

## About the Role

* Proven experience operating at Architect or Principal Test Architect level
 * Extensive experience in Integration Testing and Contract Testing
 * Strong hands-on experience with Pact
 * Development background in Java, Python and/or C++
 * Experience testing microservices, APIs and distributed systems
 * Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing practices
 * Ability to influence senior stakeholders and engineering leadership teams

Nice to Have

 * AWS cloud experience
 * Event-driven architecture experience
 * Performance and non-functional testing expertise
 * Experience within large-scale enterprise environments

The Candidate

You'll be a highly experienced consultant who can operate strategically at architecture level whilst remaining technically credible and hands-on when required. You'll have a track record of delivering testing strategies for complex integration-heavy environments and be recognised as a subject matter expert in modern quality engineering practices.

## Description

We're supporting a major technology transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Integration Test Architect to define and lead testing strategy across a complex microservices and distributed systems landscape.

This is a senior, hands-on architecture role requiring deep expertise in contract testing, integration testing and quality engineering across multiple technology stacks.
What You'll Be Doing

 * Define and own the end-to-end integration testing strategy
 * Design and implement scalable automated test frameworks
 * Lead adoption of consumer-driven contract testing using Pact
 * Work closely with architects, developers and platform teams to improve quality across distributed systems
 * Establish testing standards, governance and best practice across multiple delivery teams
 * Identify integration risks and ensure robust coverage across services and APIs
 * Mentor engineers and drive a quality-first engineering culture