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Senior Automation QA Engineer – 6 Month Initial Contract – West Midlands – Outside IR35 VIQU are supporting a growing UK-based software provider within who are seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer (hands-on) to strengthen their product engineering capability. This role is focused on increasing automation capability and delivery velocity within a scaling development environment. The successful Senior Automation QA Engineer will be embedded alongside developers, contributing directly within the C# codebase and enhancing existing automation frameworks. The Role: • Build, enhance and maintain automation frameworks using C# and Selenium, • Develop robust automated UI and API tests across complex enterprise applications, • Work closely with developers to embed quality within the SDLC, • Leverage AI-assisted tools such as Copilot to improve automation efficiency and output, • Create and execute SQL queries for backend validation and data-driven testing, • Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, • Support integration testing and customer-facing UAT where required, • Strong experience as a Senior Automation QA Engineer / SDET / Developer in test / Automation Test Engineer, • Excellent hands-on coding ability in C# / .NET, • Advanced Selenium WebDriver experience, • Proven experience building or significantly enhancing automation frameworks, • Strong SQL skills for data validation and backend testing, • Experience integrating automated tests within CI/CD environments, • Comfortable operating directly within development teams, • Exposure to AI-assisted coding tools such as Copilot or similar, • Job role: Senior Automation QA Engineer / SDET, • Job type: Contract, • Duration: 6-month initial contract, • Rate: £400 - £450 per day, • IR35 status: Outside IR35 Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out via the VIQU IT website. Do you know someone great? We’ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment.