£350-400 per day | Outside IR35

Remote-facing | ASAP start | 3 months’ initial

SR2 are supporting a major digital transformation programme within the health and social care space, focused on modernising the UK’s clinical research approvals process.

We are looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join an established QA function and take ownership of non-functional testing within the project. This is a semi-independent, client-facing role working across k6 for performance testing and Playwright/TypeScript for end-to-end automation, so strong hands-on k6 experience is the key technical requirement. Beyond the tooling, we need someone who can assess the current NFT/performance testing approach, challenge where appropriate, suggest improvements or alternatives, and then own the implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own non-functional testing across the project, with a particular focus on performance testing
• Design, build and maintain performance testing scripts using k6 and JavaScript
• Assess the current NFT/performance testing approach and advise whether it is fit for purpose
• Recommend alternative approaches, tooling or improvements where required
• Design, write and maintain E2E regression tests using Playwright and TypeScript
• Monitor, maintain and improve automated test pipelines within Azure DevOps
• Produce clear test reporting to support release readiness and feature sign-off
• Work closely with developers, manual testers, QA leadership and client stakeholders to identify, triage and resolve defects

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with k6 for performance testing
• Proven experience owning or leading non-functional testing within a project or workstream
• Strong Playwright and TypeScript experience for E2E automation
• Experience working in BDD/TDD environments, ideally with Cucumber
• Good understanding of automation-first delivery and test pipeline automation
• Experience working with Azure DevOps pipelines
• Consultancy background or experience working in client-facing delivery environments
• Comfortable operating independently, managing your own workload and communicating clearly with senior stakeholders