Test Engineer - 6 months - Fully Remote - Outside IR35

Our client, a technology business, is looking for an experienced Testing Engineer to take ownership of test strategy and delivery across their programme. You’ll champion a BDD and TDD approach to quality, and make sure releases go out on time and to a high standard. This is a hands-on role, working closely with developers, product owners and project managers., * Define and own the test strategy, test plans and approach across the project

• Lead, mentor and coordinate a team of test analysts and engineers
• Introduce and embed BDD practices, running three amigos sessions and writing clear Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then) that turn acceptance criteria into executable specifications
• Promote TDD within delivery teams, working with developers on unit and integration test coverage and a test-first mindset
• Oversee manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, integration, performance and UAT
• Drive test automation and continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines
• Manage defect triage, risk reporting and quality metrics
• Report test progress, risks and release readiness to stakeholders
• Embed best practice and continuous improvement in testing processes
• Work within Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) alongside cross-functional teams

• Proven track record as a Test Engineer or Test Lead in a software delivery environment
• Strong experience building test strategies and leading test teams
• Hands-on experience implementing BDD using tools such as Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave or Karate
• Solid understanding of TDD principles and experience working with developers using frameworks such as JUnit, NUnit, xUnit, Jest or pytest
• Hands-on knowledge of test automation frameworks (eg Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar)
• Experience with test management tools such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr or TestRail
• Good understanding of CI/CD tooling (eg Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab)
• Experience testing APIs and integrations (eg Postman, REST Assured)
• Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging senior stakeholders
• Comfortable leading and motivating a team in a remote setting

Desirable:

• ISTQB certification
• Performance testing experience (JMeter, LoadRunner, or similar)
• Cloud experience (AWS or Azure)
• Experience coaching teams in moving from traditional testing to BDD/TDD
• Experience in Telecommunications