Lead Test Engineer - Microservices - Java - SC CLeared

Lead Test Engineer - Inside IR35 - 600 to 640 per day via umbrella - 12-month contract - SC Clearance is essential (Experience in driving or supporting transformation from monolithic systems to distributed micro-services architectures in Java - is essential)Start date - 25/05/2026 is essentialLeeds or Manchester based - in the office not home basedEssential Skills and Experience: Technical Expertise: Strong experience designing and implementing test strategies for microservices environments Hands-on automation experience using: o Java, Selenium, Rest Assured o API, contract, and integration testing (Experience working with monolith and microservices systems is essential) Knowledge of: o CI/CD pipelines o Spring Boot-based applications o Performance testing fundamentals Modern Testing Practices: o Contract testing, API testing, and asynchronous messaging (e.g. Kafka) o Non-functional testing (performance, accessibility) Experience with non-relational databases (e.g. MongoDB) Automation-first mindset with ability to build reusable, maintainable frameworks Leadership: Experience operating at Lead / Principal level Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences Tools and Technologies Cloud: AWS Test Frameworks: Selenium, Serenity BDD, Playwright Contract Testing: Pactflow, Spring Cloud Contract Messaging: Kafka Databases: MongoDB CI/CD and DevOps: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker ..... full job details .....