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Lead test engineer - microservices - java - sc cleared

Leeds
Morgan Philips Group SA
Test engineer
€620 a month
Posted: 5h ago
Offer description

Lead Test Engineer - Inside IR35 - £600 to £640 per day via umbrella - 12-month contract - SC Clearance is essential

Experience in driving or supporting transformation from monolithic systems to distributed microservices architectures in Java, is essential.

* Start date - 25/05/2026 is essential
* Leeds or Manchester based - in the office not home based


Essential Skills & Experience


Technical Expertise

* Strong experience designing and implementing test strategies for microservices environments
* Hands-on automation experience using Java, Selenium, Rest Assured
* API, contract, and integration testing
* Experience working with monolith and microservices systems is essential


Knowledge Of

* CI/CD pipelines
* Spring Boot-based applications
* Performance testing fundamentals


Modern Testing Practices

* Contract testing, API testing, and asynchronous messaging (e.g. Kafka)
* Non-functional testing (performance, accessibility)
* Experience with non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB)
* Automation-first mindset with ability to build reusable, maintainable frameworks


Leadership

* Experience operating at Lead / Principal level
* Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority
* Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences


Tools & Technologies

* Cloud: AWS
* Test Frameworks: Selenium, Serenity BDD, Playwright
* Contract Testing: Pactflow, Spring Cloud Contract
* Messaging: Kafka
* Databases: MongoDB
* CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker
* Performance Testing: Gatling, K6
* Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk


What We're Looking For

* A hands-on technical leader who can set direction and deliver
* Someone comfortable working across multiple teams and scaling best practice
* A proactive problem-solver with a strong quality-first mindset

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

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