Lead Test Engineer (C#/.NET)

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom; hybrid working with 2 days a week in the office

Salary: £57,400–£64,700 per year

Company

hirify.global provides academic qualifications and assessment services across the UK, marking more than 10 million exam papers each year.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks using C#, .NET, Playwright, Reqnroll, and related testing technologies.
• Develop and execute automated tests across web, API, integration, functional, and non-functional layers.
• Define automation strategy, standards, patterns, and quality practices across multiple Agile development teams.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and improve test effectiveness, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, product owners, and business users to identify risks and build quality into products from the earliest stages.
• Mentor engineers, support Agile ceremonies, and explore AI-assisted testing approaches.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with automated test frameworks and tests using C#/.NET, Playwright, Selenium, Reqnroll, or comparable tools.
• Experience with API testing, integration testing, test data management, environment automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of quality engineering, testing lifecycles, Agile/Scrum practices, BDD, and risk-based testing.
• Experience providing technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring in automated testing.
• Ability to perform functional and non-functional testing and work with testing techniques including black-box, white-box, scenario-based, and risk-based testing.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement from the Manchester office two days per week.

Nice to have

• Degree-level qualification in Software Engineering or an equivalent discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in educational or commercial environments and with cloud-based technology re-platforming.
• Experience with tools such as Cucumber, SpecFlow, or CodedUI.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on technical leadership role with the opportunity to shape automation strategy and engineering standards.
• Exposure to modern technologies, cloud platforms, and evolving software development practices.
• Collaborative, supportive, and inclusive engineering environment.
• Ongoing investment in learning, professional development, and technical growth.
• Flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and cover letter outlining suitability for the role.
• Shortlisted candidates complete an on-demand video interview.
• Final-stage interviews take place in the Manchester office.