Senior Automation QA Engineer

**Senior Automation QA Engineer

• 6 Month Initial Contract
• West Midlands
• Outside IR35**

VIQU are supporting a growing UK-based software provider within who are seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer (hands-on) to strengthen their product engineering capability.

This role is focused on increasing automation capability and delivery velocity within a scaling development environment. The successful Senior Automation QA Engineer will be embedded alongside developers, contributing directly within the C# codebase and enhancing existing automation frameworks.

The Role:

• Build, enhance and maintain automation frameworks using C# and Selenium
• Develop robust automated UI and API tests across complex enterprise applications
• Work closely with developers to embed quality within the SDLC
• Leverage AI-assisted tools such as Copilot to improve automation efficiency and output
• Create and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data-driven testing
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines
• Support integration testing and customer-facing UAT where required
• Balance delivery pace with risk in a fast-moving product environment

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience as a Senior Automation QA Engineer / SDET / Developer in test / Automation Test Engineer
• Excellent hands-on coding ability in C# /.NET
• Advanced Selenium WebDriver experience
• Proven experience building or significantly enhancing automation frameworks
• Strong SQL skills for data validation and backend testing
• Experience integrating automated tests within CI/CD environments
• Comfortable operating directly within development teams
• Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools such as Copilot or similar
• ISTQB / Microsoft certified (Nice to have)

Role details:

• Job role: Senior Automation QA Engineer / SDET
• Job type: Contract
• Duration: 6-month initial contract
• Rate: £400 - £450 per day
• IR35 status: Outside IR35
• Location: Midlands (2 days onsite initially, reducing to 1 day after first month)

This is an opportunity for the Senior Automation QA Engineer to join a growing product business during a key phase of expansion, contributing directly to delivery success within a collaborative engineering team.

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