Automation Tester
Automation Tester
1 day per week London
Circa £300 per day inside IR35
3 months initially with good chance of extension
SC Clearable
Automation Testing
- Design, develop, amend, and maintain automated Sanity and Regression test scripts using Java and/or C#.
- Develop automation using one or more of the following frameworks/tools:
- Playwright/Selenium/WebDriver/Cypress.
- Implement and maintain BDD-style tests using Cucumber/Regnroll
- Ensure automation code follows strict coding standards, best practices, and version control guidelines.
- Perform dry-runs to validate the correctness and stability of automated test scripts.
- Schedule and execute automated regression suites; generate and share automation test reports with stakeholders.
Manual Testing
- Analyse functional requirements to produce well-structured test scenarios and test cases.
- Perform functional, system, integration, compatibility, regression, smoke and exploratory testing.
- Manage and track defects through their lifecycle, ensuring clear documentation, prioritisation, and validation of fixes.
- Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and story reviews to ensure testability and acceptance criteria coverage.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on programming experience in Java and/or C# for automation development.
- Proven experience in building UI/API automation using Selenium, Playwright, and/or Cypress.
- Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber (Java) or Regnroll
- Solid understanding of software testing principles, SDLC, STLC, and defect lifecycle.
- Experience writing clear and maintainable test cases, test charters, and test documentation.
- Strong understanding of requirement analysis and translating acceptance criteria to test scenarios.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile project environments.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and deliver to strict timelines.