Senior QA Engineer

Senior QA Engineer, Outside IR35, £550 day rate – Remote working

Parity is delighted to partner with our client, a public sector organisation, who are looking to recruit a Senior QA Engineer / Software Engineer in Test to join the IDS team. Initially a 6 month contract with a view for extension. This role will require occasional attendance to their regional offices.

This is a hands-on role combining test automation engineering with release coordination, reporting directly to the Product Manager.

The immediate priority is to assess and stabilise the existing ReqnRoll (SpecFlow/BDD) test suite, define a migration approach, and build out a modern Playwright-based automation framework. You’ll also take ownership of release coordination, ensuring high-quality, well-governed deployments with clear reporting for stakeholders.

You’ll work closely with a DevOps Engineer focused on infrastructure and reliability. This is an individual contributor role with no line management.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the existing ReqnRoll test suite and plan migration to Playwright.
  
  
• Migrate BDD/acceptance tests and improve maintainability.
  
  
• Design and maintain a Playwright test framework (E2E, regression, functional)
  
  
• Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
  
  
• Own release coordination, approvals and deployment readiness
  
  
• Maintain release notes, change logs and quality reporting.
  
  
• Identify quality risks and champion best testing practices.
  
  

Essential Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright
  
  
• Experience building maintainable test automation frameworks.
  
  
• Understanding of BDD and web testing patterns (APIs, auth, data)
  
  
• CI/CD integration experience (Azure DevOps preferred)
  
  
• Experience with release coordination in agile teams
  
  
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Python or C#/.NET
  
  
• Ability to communicate clearly with engineers and stakeholders.
  
  
• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards
  
  

Desirable

• ReqnRoll or SpecFlow experience
  
  
• Test framework migration experience.
  
  
• Azure DevOps dashboards and reporting
  
  
• Containerised / cloud-hosted applications (AKS)
  
  
• UK public sector or GDS experience
  
  
• Interest in AI-assisted test automation
  
  

Interested? If this sounds like the role for you then do not hesitate to contact me, Lynne Strang, for more information or simply click on the apply button.