Test Engineer

We are looking for automation-first Test Engineers to join agile teams building public sector digital services. You will design and maintain test frameworks, not just run tests, with a strong focus on accessibility and quality across APIs and cloud-native systems.

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain test automation frameworks, with Playwright as the main tool.
• Automate API testing using Rest Assured, Postman and Swagger.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub or GitLab).
• Write BDD scenarios using Cucumber, SpecFlow or Reqnroll.
• Run functional, integration, end-to-end, regression and acceptance testing.
• Carry out accessibility testing to WCAG standards.
• Run performance testing, ideally with k6 (JMeter or BlazeMeter also used).
• Validate data using SQL and test event-driven systems such as Kafka and Azure Service Bus.
• Manage defects, plan tests using a risk-based approach and maintain traceability.

• Strong hands-on test automation experience, ideally with Playwright.
• API testing experience with Rest Assured, Postman or similar.
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, defect management and test planning.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Docker, Linux basics and cloud-native test environments.
• Experience working in agile delivery teams.

Desirable

• Accessibility testing with tools such as Axe, WAVE, Lighthouse, JAWS, Dragon or ZoomText.
• UK government or GOV.UK service experience.
• Existing BPSS or SC clearance, or eligibility for SC.
• Performance testing with k6, JMeter or BlazeMeter.
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana and Kibana.
• Test tooling such as Jira, Xray, Zephyr, Azure DevOps, and Allure or Extent Reports.