Senior Test Engineer - Cucumber, Playwright, JavaScript, SQL, Version control, Remote, 700

In this role you will drive automated testing across complex systems, using Playwright and Cucumber to deliver high-quality releases. You will partner with developers, test analysts, and product teams to shape an automation-first quality strategy, manage quality risks, and support rapid delivery without compromising live service confidence. You will coordinate system and system integration testing and lead by example in building robust end-to-end tests that cover functional and non-functional aspects. The opportunity focuses on improving testing frameworks and collaboration to enable scalable, reliable software in a public-sector context.

• Define and continually improve the automation-first testing strategy, ensuring frameworks, tools and approaches remain fit for purpose
• Identify, assess and communicate quality risks and automation results with evidence-based insights to inform defect resolution and release decisions
• Test functional and non-functional aspects of complex systems built with multiple technologies
• Lead by example in developing, debugging and refactoring high-quality automated tests
• Collaborate with developers to align on system design, code quality and test coverage, and influence unit and integration testing practices
• Work with test analysts, product teams and user-centred design colleagues to cover complex business scenarios through automated and exploratory testing
• Perform system testing (ST) and system integration testing (SIT) using automation
• Prioritise competing demands and escalating delivery and quality risks when necessary

• Strong knowledge of Cucumber, Playwright and k6
• Strong knowledge of version control and delivery tools, such as GitHub and Azure DevOps
• Working knowledge of Microsoft-stack languages and technologies, such as C#, Node.js, JavaScript and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases

• Collaborative mindset
• Clear communication of risks and results
• Ability to prioritise under fixed deadlines
• Cucumber
• Playwright
• k6