Test Engineer at North Scout, West Midlands, £Contract Rate

Test Engineer

📍 Birmingham (2 days per week onsite)

💰 Day rate DOE | Outside IR35

⏳ 3-month initial contract (likely extension)

We’re supporting an engineering-led software business looking for a Test Engineer contractor to provide short-term support across a suite of enterprise systems.

You’ll join a cross-functional agile team, with a strong focus on automation, quality, and early feedback. They’re looking for someone with a broader, cross-stack mindset — not just pure QA, but comfortable getting closer to the code where needed.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing and executing tests across complex enterprise applications
• Driving automation-first testing across UI, API, and data layers
• Building and maintaining automated test suites
• Performing exploratory and functional testing
• Writing SQL queries to validate data and backend processes
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines and release cycles
• Collaborating closely with engineers, product, and stakeholders

Tech stack / environment:

• Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript
• Automation: Playwright, Cypress (or similar)
• API Testing: Postman, Bruno
• Performance Testing: JMeter (or similar)
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins
• Data: SQL
• Version Control: Git
• Work Management: Azure Boards
• Bonus: Exposure to AI / LLM integrations

What they’re looking for:

• Strong experience in modern test engineering / QA
• Solid hands-on experience with test automation frameworks
• Comfortable working across different layers of the stack
• Experience in enterprise-scale environments
• Agile experience with a proactive, delivery-focused mindset

Great opportunity to step into a high-quality engineering environment and make an immediate impact on business-critical systems.