Software Developer in Test - 6 Month Contract - Scotland Based
Our main public sector client is looking for an experienced Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join a small specialist testing team, helping to shape and deliver robust test strategy and automation across in-house applications.
Contract details
*Duration: 6 months (possible extension)
*Location: Glasgow
*IR35: Outside IR35
*Rate: £400-£450 per day
Key Responsibilities In this role, you will:
*Work as part of a small team of SDET specialists to ensure test plans are understood, integrated, delivered, and automated where possible
*Coordinate and manage test schedules across workstreams
*Build and maintain testing artefacts, looking ahead to identify opportunities/blockers and ensuring team decisions align to overall strategy
*Identify operational improvements and help ensure a stable service that can be enhanced iteratively
*Anticipate and mitigate project challenges or risks
*Work with and support third parties providing testing services
*Create test frameworks and automation tests for in-house applications and support release assurance for the team
Essential Technical Skills & Experience We’re looking for strong, hands-on experience across:
*Best-practice test approaches
*Test automation in CI/CD pipelines (specifically GitHub Actions)
*Selenium/WebDriver test automation
*Java and JavaScript
*BDD tooling (Gherkin/Cucumber)
*Confident working in Linux-based environments
*AWS environment experience
*Database experience in 2+ of the following: MariaDB / Oracle / MySQL / AWS Aurora
*2+ years (within the past 5 years) of MySQL scripting
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.