Senior QA Automation Engineer | Contract | Newcastle
Senior QA Automation Engineer | Contract | Newcastle
£500–£550 per day | Outside IR35 | ASAP Start | Initial 3 Months
We're supporting a client delivering a large-scale digital platform and are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join an Agile delivery team.
This is a hands-on role focused on building and maintaining automated test frameworks, validating complex user journeys, and driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
Key Skills Required
- Strong automation experience with Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript
- Proven background as a QA Automation Engineer / SDET
- API testing experience (REST, request/response validation, payload assertions)
- Experience testing modern web applications, including multi-step user journeys
- Automation framework design and maintenance (POM, reusable utilities, fixtures)
- Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD and test management tooling
- Solid understanding of Agile delivery and software testing best practices
- Experience with cross-browser, accessibility, and non-functional testing
Nice to Have
- Next.js, React or .NET exposure
- Experience with event-driven architectures and workflow-based systems
- AI-assisted development/testing tools
- Testing complex, rules-driven or form-heavy applications
Contract: 3 months initially
Start: ASAP
Rate: £500–£550 per day
IR35: Outside IR35
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