Job Title: Senior QA Test Engineer - SC
Location: Hybrid / Leeds – 2-3 days/week onsite
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Daily Rate: £550/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: Must be eligible for SC

Minimum Requirement:
• MUST have considerable experience using TypeScript.
• My client are looking for Senior Test Engineer’s with extensive Typescript and automation (functioning) experience.
• The candidates must have demonstrable leadership skills in driving change and will have managed/led a team.
• Also looking for candidates with non-functioning testing experience – either performance or accessibility and cannot just ‘know’ it, they must have experience in one of them. This is not a pure automation role.
Key Responsibilities:
• Test Strategy & Planning: Define and implement a comprehensive testing strategy for microservices or APIs
• Automation: Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Cucumber for integration with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, QA engineers, and product managers in an Agile environment to identify issues
• Analysis & Reporting: Analyse test results, identify functional & nonfunctional issues, and provide recommendations.
• Tooling & Frameworks: Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior test engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
Skills Required:
• Experience: couple of years of experience in software testing, with a focus on manual testing and test automation.
• Typescript/Java: Proficient in Typescript/Java, with the ability to write and maintain test automation scripts.
• Experience in nodejs frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress or other nodejs automation frameworks in Javascript
• Cucumber: Solid experience with Cucumber and BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) practices.
• Agile Methodologies: Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• CI/CD: Experience integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines, using tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or similar.
• Non-functional skill- A good working knowledge of non-functional skills such as performance , accessibility & security.
• Cloud skills & other tools: AWS, Grafana , Splunk
• Experience in working with MongoDB would be good but not essential
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex testing/ automation issues.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181