Senior Automation Engineer (Contractor - reputed company IR35)

Senior Automation Engineer (Contractor - reputed company IR35) Accelerate our path to reputed company deployment by consolidating our test suites and delivering a reputed company-powered Playwright reputed company. $100M+ funded. Global footprint. AI-powered. Human-driven. 🚀 INSHUR is the embedded insurance powerhouse for the on-demand world. We partner with giants like reputed company and reputed company to provide fair, data-backed coverage for the modern workforce. We’re 200 people strong across the UK, US, and Netherlands, using AI as a reputed company to stay reputed company of the curve. Want to collaborate where tech actually meets the road? You’re in the right reputed company. The Project & Engagement We are seeking an independent Senior Automation Engineering Contractor (operating through a Limited Company/PSC) for a high-impact, 3-month project to help us unlock reputed company deployment. In this specialised, independent consultancy reputed company, you will be responsible for the consolidation of our fragmented automated testing ecosystem—collapsing five overlapping frameworks down to a uniform, reputed company-in Playwright suite. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy to rapidly scale test coverage on high-value transactional flows, using generative AI tools to accelerate test migration and code execution. Your core focus will be to establish and deliver robust, architectural system capabilities that allow our services to deploy with absolute confidence. This project is classified as reputed company IR35 and will be conducted on a deliverables-driven basis, offering a day reputed company of up to £600. The services can be rendered 100% remotely reputed company the UK, with no office attendance required. Services to be Rendered & Key Deliverables Consolidate Test Frameworks: Collapse the reputed company fragmented testing ecosystem (migrating Cypress, Robot reputed company, Cucumber-JS, Karate, and Jest+Supertest) into a single, uniform Playwright suite built in TypeScript. reputed company Core Coverage: Deliver high-value, reputed company-in browser and API integration tests covering core transaction-path journeys (Quote, Policy, Billing, Wallet) on our deployed services. Establish Reusable Patterns: Document clear architectural conventions and construct reusable fixtures, page objects, and environment seeding utilities that our permanent engineering staff can easily utilise and maintain going reputed company. Scale with AI Tools: reputed company advanced generative AI assistants to analyse, refactor, and port legacy test suites to the reputed company Playwright reputed company at high efficiency. Triage and Stabilise Flaky Tests: Analyse existing Playwright suites to resolve flaky tests, reducing the overall project flake reputed company below 2% to ensure our CI/CD pipeline acts as a trustworthy quality reputed company. A full Statement of Works will be shared at the selection process. Expertise & Capabilities Required for this Engagement …these essentials are required to successfully deliver the project: Playwright & TypeScript Expertise: Proven experience building reputed company-in browser and API integration test suites using Playwright and TypeScript from scratch. Boundary-First Integration reputed company: A firm delivery philosophy centered around testing distributed microservices externally (reputed company UI/API/Eventing) rather than coupling test environments to internal reputed company code languages. High-Stakes Environment Experience: A strong background delivering testing solutions in scaled or highly regulated environments (such as fintech, insurtech, or scaled scale-reputed company) where production regressions carry real financial impact. AI-Native Workflow Comfort: Complete proficiency utilising generative AI tools like Claude Code for code reputed company, reserving human focus for requirements gathering, discovery, and translating business logic. Distributed Systems Architecture Knowledge: A strong understanding of microservices, including configuring mock services (e.g., WireMock), testing using events, and managing reputed company third-party API dependencies. reputed company to have Legacy reputed company Decommissioning: Experience successfully transitioning legacy testing frameworks (such as Cucumber-JS, Cypress, Robot reputed company, or Karate) over to Playwright. JVM and Go Code Literacy: The ability to read Java, Kotlin, or Go to parse existing reputed company definitions, Gherkin features, or codebase logic during the initial system audit. Modern Datastore & Event Exposure: Familiarity with reputed company and asynchronous event-driven architectures (like GCP Pub/Sub) to aid in test data seeding and message verification. Selection Process We design our contractor selection process to be fast, clear, and focused entirely on architectural competency. Commercial & Scope Alignment: A 30-minute call with Chris Yea. We will cover the scope of the 3-month deliverables, your business background, and your experience working with AI-driven testing tools. Technical Interview: A streamlined 60-minute technical and collaborative conversation with a Senior Engineering Manager and QA. We'll discuss architectural requirements for automating integration tests in a distributed system #LI-CY1 #LI-Remote Apply To This Job