Senior QA Engineer - Functional Testing

Senior QA Engineer – Functional Testing

Location: Newcastle – Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)

Rate: Up to £450 per day (Inside IR35)

Clearance: BPSS

Contract: Initial 3-Month Contract

Essential : UK Government or public sector experience in a similar role

We are supporting a major public-sector programme seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer with strong automation and Agile delivery expertise to join a high-performing engineering team delivering complex digital transformation work.

This role is focused on automation-first QA engineering within modern CI/CD environments, working across integration-heavy systems and cloud-native platforms.

Key Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Java
• Selenium
• Cucumber
• Playwright
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks
• Strong API and integration testing capability
• Experience working within Agile, BDD, and TDD environments
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Strong understanding of end-to-end and regression testing
• Comfortable working closely with developers in engineering-led teams

Nice to Have

• Public sector or government programme experience
• Performance testing exposure
• Cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure)
• Accessibility testing knowledge

Essential

• UK Government or public sector exp
• Ability to attend site in Newcastle 2 days per week

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-paced programme delivering large-scale digital services within a modern engineering environment.