Software Quality Engineer - Automation (Public Sector) - Part-Time

• 1-year contract, renewable
• Hybrid work arrangement
• Government project

Responsibility

• Own the end-to-end test strategy (functional and non-functional) for our products, defining quality gates and release criteria
• Build and maintain test cases, test plans, and automated test frameworks, ensuring they stay up to date with requirements and policy changes
• Integrate tests into GitLab CI/CD with fast feedback, parallelisation, flaky-test detection, and actionable reporting
• Drive shift-left quality practices with developers, product managers, and UX designers — pairing on testability, reviewing code for test coverage, and shaping test-first acceptance criteria
• Establish good test data and environment hygiene, including seeding, masking, and mocking
• Run defect triage
• Define and track quality metrics (failure rate, MTTR, end-to-end stability, escaped defects) to guide continuous improvement
• Independently manage dependencies related to test environments
• Partner with team leads to define the long-term quality roadmap
• Assist in resolving production issues

What We Are Looking For

• At least 5 years of professional software quality testing experience with hands-on automation
• Strong understanding of testing techniques and risk analysis
• Strong understanding of test automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• Proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript and TypeScript
• Strong understanding of modern full-stack web application technologies; familiarity with React and backend frameworks is a plus
• Experience with open-source automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Cucumber, and Jest/Mocha
• Experience with open-source performance testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or Locust is a plus
• Experience with basic security scanning and collaboration with AppSec teams
• Experience working in SCRUM teams
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Proactive, self-driven, and highly motivated