Senior Mobile Automation Engineer (SC Cleared) at Sanderson Recruitment Plc, London, 4 Months, to £450 per day + Outside IR - 35

£450 per day | Outside IR35 | Remote First | Occasional London Travel

We're seeking an experienced Senior Mobile Automation Engineer to join a large-scale digital programme, helping shape and deliver modern mobile testing practices across multiple product teams.

Working closely with senior engineering and quality stakeholders, you'll play a key role in driving testing excellence, defining automation strategy, and ensuring high-quality mobile experiences across both iOS and Android platforms.

• Define and implement mobile automation testing strategies.
• Build, maintain and improve scalable automation frameworks.
• Drive quality engineering best practice across multiple teams.
• Deliver automated end-to-end, integration, regression and API testing.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, analysts and product stakeholders.
• Support and mentor other testers within the team.
• Champion continuous improvement across testing tools, processes and approaches.
• Influence engineering teams to adopt effective testing and quality practices.

• Active SC Clearance.
• Strong commercial experience in mobile test automation.
• Proven experience testing both iOS and Android applications.
• Experience building or enhancing automation frameworks.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Selenium.
• API testing experience.
• End-to-end testing experience within agile delivery environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.

Experience with some or all of the following would be advantageous:

• Playwright
• Selenium
• Maestro
• BrowserStack
• TypeScript
• Java
• Node.js
• Express
• AWS

• AI application testing.
• Validation of streamed AI responses.
• Performance and load testing.
• Creation of automation frameworks from scratch.
• Government or large-scale digital services experience.
• Consultancy or client-facing environments.

Day Rate: £450 per day
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Contract Length: Initial contract through to 31 December 2026
Location: Predominantly remote, with occasional travel to London as required
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required
Interview Process: Single-stage video interview

If you're an experienced mobile automation engineer with strong iOS and Android testing expertise and current SC clearance, we'd be interested in hearing from you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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