Senior Test Engineer (SDET) Contract RemoteRate: Up to 700 per day (Umbrella)Contract: 6 monthsLocation: Remote, with occasional travel to LondonIR35: In scopeClearance: BPSSWe are hiring a hands-on Senior Test Engineer (SDET) for a public sector digital programme. You will write, debug and refactor Playwright/Cucumber test code. You will also own an automation-first quality strategy for national live services in a fast-paced delivery environment.Key responsibilitiesDefine and evolve the automation-first testing strategyCarry out automated system and system integration testing across functional and non-functional areasReport quality risks and results clearly, so they inform defect fixes and release decisionsWork closely with developers to improve code quality and unit and integration test coveragePeer review automation code and lead sprint show-and-tellsAssess the impact of changes on test coverageEssential skillsTest tools: Cucumber, Playwright and K6Version control: GitHub and Azure DevOpsMicrosoft-stack coding: C#, Node.js, JavaScript or TypeScriptSQL and relational databasesTesting on .NET, SQL and microservices, both on-prem and in the cloudProven experience as an automation test ..... full job details .....