Quality Engineer - Java | Automation | CI/CD

Quality Engineer - Java / Automation / CI/CD

£430 per day

6 months rolling Hybrid/Telford (2 days er week on site)

Candidates are required to go through BPSS clearance or the role.

I'm looking for a Quality Engineer to join a major transformation programme, working within a Scrum environment where quality isn't simply something tested at the end - it's built into the product from day one. This is a genuinely engineering-led QA role, with a strong focus on automation, CI/CD, shift-left testing and helping development teams take ownership of quality across the entire lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Design and implement test solutions and automation frameworks, often from the ground up Drive a shift-left Quality Engineering approach across the Scrum team Build automated testing into the CI/CD lifecycle and shorten feedback loops Apply TDD/BDD, risk-based testing and modern test design techniques Work across Unit, System, Functional, Integration and NFR testing Analyse complex business requirements, processes and technical architectures to shape the testing approach Work with test data and databases, ensuring appropriate test coverage and data management Help ensure applications are designed to be testable through automation Pair with developers and contribute across the wider product stack Coach and upskill engineers, embedding quality as a whole-team responsibility Support manual testing where automation isn't appropriate Produce and maintain high-quality testing collateral Work closely with technical and business stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle

Required Experience:

Essential

Software Testing / Quality Engineering

Ci/Cd

Git / GitLab Java / Spring Automation testing Strong communication and stakeholder management Team coaching / engagement Agile / Scrum environments A genuine quality-first engineering mindset

Highly desirable

JUnit Playwright / Selenium Cucumber / Gherkin Gatling WireMock SonarQube

Owasp Zap

Docker / Kubernetes Microservices

Aws

OpenAPI Accessibility / WCAG / Axe GitHub Copilot

If you're a Quality Engineer, Automation Engineer, SDET or technically strong QA Engineer with Java and CI/CD experience, I'd be keen to speak with you