Test Engineer


Test Engineer

Location:

London

Work Model:

remote

Industry:

Quality Assurance Testing (QAT)

Contact Name:

Rachael Clark

Salary:

£450.00 Per Day

Date Published:

09-Feb-2026

We’re seeking a skilled Automation Test Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated test frameworks across API, integration, and UI layers.

In this role, you’ll work closely with developers, architects, business analysts, and delivery managers to ensure strong test coverage, high quality, and technical alignment with agreed API standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design, create, and maintain automated tests in Java using Cucumber, Rest Assured, and SoapUI
  • Analyse requirements and solution designs to specify, produce, and execute functional and non-functional tests
  • Execute tests, collate and review results, and produce clear, actionable test reports
  • Trace tests back to requirements, measuring and reporting on test coverage
  • Translate designs into effective automated tests using the agreed toolset
  • Apply and follow established defect management processes
  • Understand and apply risk-based testing principles
  • Proactively identify new or increasing risks and issues, proposing and implementing mitigations

Test Specialisms – Automation Focus:

As part of your role, you’ll enable and grow core automation capabilities, including:
  • Contributing to automation test design
  • Producing automated tests, test frameworks, and the environments in which they run
  • Working across more than one development language and applying sound software engineering principles (versioning, reuse, readability, portability, and maintainability)
  • Using a variety of test automation approaches and toolsets, including:
  • Virtual Services
  • Test Data Management
  • Mocking
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Providing consultancy and guidance on automation topics to internal stakeholders, team members, and clients
  • Carrying out Proofs of Concept to validate tool compatibility and ensure automation testing can be successfully implemented

What We’re Looking For:
  • Strong experience in automation testing across API and integration layers (UI experience is a plus)
  • Solid Java automation skills with modern testing frameworks
  • A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
  • A proactive, analytical approach to quality and risk management
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