Software Tester

Location - Remote, with occasional trip to Edinburgh required

Duration - 12 months

Day rate - £450 outside ir35

We are seeking an experienced Test Analyst with strong commercial experience in testing modern web applications to support a high-profile product domain within a national public sector organisation. You will join a collaborative, multi-disciplinary agile team delivering resilient, high-quality digital services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support development and testing of digital registers to ensure accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2 or equivalent)
• Improve operational efficiency for administrative users
• Enhance user experience and interface design quality
• Optimise interactions with online services
• Ensure compliance with data protection legislation
• Maintain and enhance automated regression test suites
• Contribute to system support, sustainability, and reduction of technical debt
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with communities of practice to share testing knowledge and standards
• Ensure software meets functional and non-functional requirements (security, performance, accessibility, maintainability, deployability)

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven commercial experience in web and single-page application testing
• User story shaping, acceptance criteria definition, and test scenario design
• Structured exploratory testing
• Functional and non-functional testing
• Agile delivery experience
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
• Experience identifying complex and boundary test cases
• Accessibility audit and testing (WCAG 2.2)

Desirable:

• Cypress and/or Selenium automation within CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of Digital First or GDS standards
• Understanding of housing registration frameworks

Please apply today to be considered!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.