Test Engineer

I am currently working with a Consultancy who are looking for an Test engineer to work on an Inside IR35 9 month contract. The right candidate should travel to a Newcastle office 2x a week.  Modern programming language (e.g. Java, JavaScript) and software engineering practices. Building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated tests against UI’s and API’s including contributing to improving frameworks and automation suites. (e.g. cucumber, rest-assured, postman, Selenium & wire Mock or equivalent technologies.) Experience of the testing lifecycle from understanding business needs from delivery to production. Including test generation, reporting and defect management.  Adaptable team player who understands agile ways of working and shift left principles e.g. CI/CD. Knowledge of non-functional testing e.g. Performance, Security and Accessibility – including test types, test tools, and standards