Job Title: Software QA Tester - Playwright, Selenium & C#/Python
Location: London/Hybrid - 2 days per week in London but possibility to work remotely
Salary/Rate: Up to £500/day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: Immediate
Job Type: 12 month contract initially - likely to extend
Company Introduction:
Coltech is partnered with a prestigious consultancy client who are looking for an experienced QA Tester to join their team for a 12 month contract.
The ideal candidate will have background experience in Oil and Gas/Commodities (not mandatory but it's desired) with strong proficiency in Automation Testing (Playwright, Selenium, C#/Python).
Required Skills/Experience:
- Automation Testing expertise (Playwright, Selenium C#/Python)
- Proven track record of testing experience
- Ability to strategize End-to-End (E2E) automation testing
- Hands-on experience in Azure DevOps and Test Management Tools
- Experience with various testing types (Unit, Functional, Integration, UAT, etc.)
- Hands-on troubleshooting and framework implementation
- Willingness to do hands-on testing
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Agile working experience
- Knowledge of test automation throughout product lifecycle
Job Responsibilities:
- Automation Testing expertise and Hands-on experience is mandatory (Playwright, Selenium C#/Python)
- Ability to strategize E2E automation testing
- Experienced in Azure DevOps and setting up Test Management Tools related to requirements traceability, test plans, test labs, and defects management.
- Experienced in various types of testing – support for Unit, Smoke/Sanity, Functional, System, SIT, Integration, regression, support UAT etc.
- Advise on implementation of automated testing to ensure clean and scalable framework design which can be applied in a generic way across multiple projects and streams.
- Troubleshoot issues with team members implementing test frameworks and guide with a 'hands-on' approach where necessary.
- Should be willing to do hands-on testing as and when required.
- Working closely with Product Managers, developers, business analysts, designers and testers to understand requirements and translate to effective test frameworks.
- High level of familiarity with testing at strategy level and able to provide advice rooted in theory and experience with respect to Functional, Regression, Interface testing and support for UAT.
- Ability to automate tests throughout the entire lifecycle of the product and data flows, from ingestion through to the presentation layer.
- Ability to plan and strategize testing for complex systems. This involves planning scope of testing, Release/Sprint planning, resource planning, overall planning for E2E testing activities.
- Capable of designing and execution of detailed functional test cases for complex requirements.
- Proactive and Organized, capable of working in an ambiguous/uncertain environment, understanding risks & flagging it on time. Ability to mitigate risks and ensure quality deliverables adhering to timelines.
- Excellent Communication, Coordination skills and Stakeholder management.
- Highly experienced in Agile ways of working.
Apply now for immediate consideration.