QA Engineer

Job Title: QA Engineer Role Type: Contract Length: 6 Months initial Location: UK wide (Bi-monthly - sites may vary) Our client is looking for an experienced QA Engineer to build robust automated testing solutions for…

Inside IR35 IT
Pay rate £300 – £350/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 24 September 2026

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Inside IR35

Job Title: QA Engineer

Role Type: Contract

Length: 6 Months initial

Location: UK wide (Bi-monthly - sites may vary)

Our client is looking for an experienced QA Engineer to build robust automated testing solutions for cloud-native applications and microservices. You'll work closely with development teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and support reliable, secure releases.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and suites.
Create functional, regression, integration, API and end-to-end tests.
Test AWS-hosted, cloud-native applications and distributed microservices.
Embed quality across the SDLC, CI/CD pipelines and shift-left practices.
Analyse results, manage defects and support root cause analysis.
Help ensure solutions meet functional, performance, security and other non-functional requirements.Essential Skills & Experience:

Strong QA and test automation experience using Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Java and BDD.
Hands-on experience testing RESTful APIs and microservices.
Good knowledge of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integration.
Experience working in AWS environments and Agile delivery teams.
Strong troubleshooting and defect management skills.
Experience delivering Government or Public Sector programmes.Desirable:

AWS certification and experience with performance testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, security or accessibility testing, and GDS-aligned delivery would be advantageous.

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