Senior Test Engineer
Location: London (White City) – Onsite Wednesdays
Contract Length: Initial 4 months (extension likely – project funded through May 2026)
Start: ASAP
Rate: £320 per day (Inside IR35)
Equipment: Client-provided laptop
The Role
We’re supporting a large, complex digital organisation undergoing ongoing product and platform development across mobile applications. This role sits within a collaborative delivery team, working closely with engineers, product, and QA to drive quality across iOS and Android platforms.
You’ll play a hands-on role in shaping test strategy, leading release test cycles, and embedding modern Quality Engineering / Shift-Left practices across the team.
This is not a box-ticking QA role — we need someone confident challenging assumptions, asking the right questions, and pairing closely with developers.
Essential Skills & Experience (must be evidenced in the last 12 months)
Excellent communicator and team player
- Curious, vocal, and confident questioning requirements and implementation decisions
Strong mobile platform expertise
- Power user of iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS
Release & test leadership
- Proven experience planning, organising, and supervising release test cycles
Quality Engineering mindset
- Demonstrable experience driving software quality improvements using Shift-Left / QE approaches
Root-cause analysis & mentoring
- Strong at diagnosing failures and supporting junior colleagues with structured problem-solving
Technical fluency
- Comfortable reading and understanding code
- Confident pairing with developers
- Experience with at least one of the following is strongly preferred:
- Swift | Kotlin | Java | Objective-C
Location & Working Pattern (Non-Negotiable)
- Onsite once per week (Wednesdays) in White City, London
- Please only apply if you’re comfortable with this setup
Selection Process
- Short qualification call (rate, hybrid commitment, availability)
- Skills-based test
- Final client interview