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Fruition IT

Contract Senior SDET

On site

London, United kingdom

£ 600 /day

Senior

Freelance

08-01-2026

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Skills

Java Test Selenium Architecture react Junit

Job Specifications

Contract Details

6-month contract (extension likely)
£550-£600 per day
Outside IR35
Hybrid working (London or Newcastle)

A specialist cloud and solutions engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Software Developer in Test to join on a contract basis as a hands-on quality engineering consultant.

You will work on modernising automated testing strategies for Java and React applications, helping teams move away from slow, brittle end-to-end testing towards effective integration, functional, and contract testing. The role involves close collaboration with developers and platform engineers, acting as a quality authority within delivery teams and introducing AI-assisted testing approaches to improve coverage and efficiency.

Key Requirements

Strong experience testing Java and React applications
Deep knowledge of automated UI testing
Experience designing test strategy and test architecture
Hands-on experience with Playwright
Knowledge of BDD and strong collaboration with developers
Experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact)
Comfortable modernising legacy test approaches
Confident working in client-facing environments

Tech Stack
Java, React, Playwright, Cucumber, Selenium, JUnit, Mockito, Pact, REST-assured, Jest

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

About the Company

We’re an independent, service driven recruitment agency that sources high quality, talented individuals to fill permanent and contract roles across the Technology, Clean Technology & Cyber Security sectors. Since we were established in March 2008 we’ve achieved outstanding success with clients and candidates throughout the UK, US and Europe. We’ve built up rewarding relationships with many of them that continue to this day. Our success is based on four key attributes: • our skills and expertise in the recruitment profess... Know more