AMS PSR

On behalf of The Insolvency Service we are looking for a Senior Test Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 3 month contract (until 31/03/26) contract. Hybrid working with 2 days per week required in London or Birmingham. 

The Senior Test Engineer will be a pivotal member of our agile delivery teams, working across multiple projects within a major re-platforming programme that’s improving several public-facing services. This includes building out a canonical data model and a set of reusable components to underpin our services. You will lead the testing strategy and approach, introduce or enhance automated testing frameworks, and ensure that our services meet the high standards expected under the GOV.UK Service Standard.

As a Senior Test Engineer your main responsibilities will be to:

• Define and own the test strategy and quality assurance approach across multiple digital services.
• Champion test automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery (CI/CD) within agile teams.
• Embed a quality-first culture — ensuring testing is integral to delivery, not an afterthought.
• Mentor and support test engineers, sharing best practice and building testing capability across the team.
• Contribute to service assessments and ensure all testing practices align with the GDS Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.
• Collaborate with service designers, developers, and product managers to ensure testing supports holistic, end-to-end service assurance.
• Ensure testing practices support and validate the canonical data model and reusable service components, underpinning data consistency and system integrity across services.

Essential:

• Self-starter with experience defining QA strategy and overseeing quality across multiple scrum teams.
• Strong understanding of GDS service standards, accessibility requirements, and non-functional testing.
• Proven delivery record establishing automated testing frameworks and embedding QA in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experienced in using Jira to manage test plans, defect cycles, releases, and cross-team quality reporting.
• Able to lead test planning, risk-based testing, and coordinate test resources in a high-pace environment.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Insolvency Service guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".