Senior Automation Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Breakthrough Talent
£400 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Automation Test Engineer role involves taking ownership of automation strategy and enhancing frameworks within a complex .NET ecosystem. The position requires a hands-on approach, focusing on designing and scaling automation frameworks while collaborating with developers and DevOps. The role emphasizes driving a quality culture and implementing best practices in CI pipelines. This is a 6-month hybrid contract with a strong emphasis on automation testing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing, improving, and scaling automation frameworks
- Owning test strategy across backend, API, and web layers
- Acting as an engineering partner to developers, product, and DevOps
- Driving shift-left testing and quality culture
- Leading best practices for CI pipelines, coverage, reliability, and maintainability
- Conducting approximately 90% automation and 10% exploratory/manual testing
Key Skills:
- Proven senior-level background as Automation Engineer / SDET / Dev in Test / Test Automation Manager
- Strong automation capability with C#
- Ability to build or re-architect frameworks from scratch
- Testing experience across .NET microservices and distributed systems
- Excellent API automation skills
- Hands-on experience with C#, Git, SpecFlow or similar BDD tooling, Swagger / API schema testing, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar)
- Strong communication and proactive problem-solving approach
- Experience influencing engineering quality standards across teams
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: Farnborough
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Automation Test Engineer / SDET £400 per day (Inside IR35) 6-month contract Hybrid – 2 days on-site per week Start ASAP
We’re looking for a highly capable Senior Automation Test Engineer to take ownership of automation strategy, framework enhancement, and quality engineering across a complex .NET ecosystem. This suits someone who operates like a Dev in Test / Automation Lead.
The Role
- A hands-on senior role with responsibility for:
- Designing, improving, and scaling automation frameworks
- Owning test strategy across backend, API, and web layers
- Acting as an engineering partner to developers, product, and DevOps
- Driving shift-left testing and quality culture
- Leading best practices for CI pipelines, coverage, reliability, and maintainability
- Approx. 90% automation , 10% exploratory/manual .
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven senior-level background as Automation Engineer / SDET / Dev in Test / Test Automation Manager
- Strong automation capability with C#
- Ability to build or re-architect frameworks from scratch
- Testing experience across .NET microservices and distributed systems
- Excellent API automation skills
- Hands-on experience with: C# Git SpecFlow or similar BDD tooling Swagger / API schema testing CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar)
- Strong communication and proactive problem-solving approach
- Experience influencing engineering quality standards across teams
How to Apply
If you’re a senior automation specialist who enjoys leading frameworks, improving engineering quality, and driving modern automation practices, please reach out. Email: jake@breakthroughtalent.co.uk