Role: C# Automation Test Lead
Location: Coventry 2 days onsite per week
Start: ASAP
Role Overview
Qualitest is seeking an experienced Automation Test Lead to support delivery into a public-sector programme. This is a hands-on leadership role suited to a proactive, self-starting tester who is comfortable operating independently within an Agile delivery team.
The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the overall test approach across the project, with a strong emphasis on automation, while also overseeing wider testing activities including performance, regression, integration, and tooling strategy.
You will be expected to quickly become a subject matter expert (SME) on the project, challenge assumptions, ask the right questions, and provide clear guidance on quality and testing best practices.
Key Responsibilities
* Take ownership of testing across the project, operating as the sole Test Lead within the Agile team
* Define and implement an automation-first testing strategy
* Design, build, and maintain automated test solutions
* Oversee and advise on functional and non-functional testing, including regression, integration, and performance
* Provide recommendations on tooling, frameworks, and test approaches
* Work closely with developers, architects, and delivery stakeholders to ensure quality is built in from the outset
* Produce and maintain test documentation, including test strategies, approaches, and reporting
* Ensure testing aligns with Agile delivery principles and public-sector standards
Required Skills & Experience
* Strong experience in test automation and API testing
* Hands-on expertise with:
o C#, MS Visual Studio
o Selenium
o BDD - SpecFlow
o RestSharp
o Postman
o JavaScript
* Working knowledge of non-functional testing tools
* Experience using GitHub for version control
* Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns
* Ability to write and interpret complex SQL queries and aware of the concepts involved in Data Testing
* Proven experience delivering technical testing solutions on large-scale projects
* Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly Microsoft Azure
* Understanding of data models and data-driven systems
* Strong experience creating and maintaining test documentation (strategies, approaches, reports)
* Experience testing both front-end and back-end web services
* Solid background working in Agile delivery environments
* Working knowledge of Azure DevOps
Personal Attributes
* Proactive and inquisitive, with a strong sense of ownership
* Comfortable working independently and influencing without authority
* Strong communicator, able to engage confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Detail-oriented with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset