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Chaithanya B
Software Development Engineer in Test
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Founding Contractor · 2026
Contractor snapshot
Primary specialism
QA & Testing
Location / working location
London
Current availability
Available within 2 weeks
Confirmed 18 Aug 2026
Profile status
Active contractor profile
Professional profile
Senior QA Engineer and QA Automation Engineer with 10+ years of experience delivering quality engineering across customer-facing web and mobile applications, financial services, government platforms, telecommunications, insurance, enterprise applications, and integrated digital products. Strong background in manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, integration, system, end-to-end, UAT, mobile, cross-browser and API testing. Hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Provar, Postman and SQL, with a focus on building reusable test approaches and improving regression coverage. Experienced in working across the full QA lifecycle, from requirements and test planning through defect investigation, retesting, release validation and production readiness. Comfortable collaborating with Engineers, Business Ana
Core skills
Automation
Playwright
Selenium
Postman
Agile
Azure Devops
Java
C#
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: Test engineer · Automation tester · Test lead · Test manager
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid · On-site
Will workUnited Kingdom
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35
Expected rate
£250–£600/day
Active clearanceBPSS
SenioritySenior
Contract lengthAny contract length
Contracting experience5 years
Relevant work experience
Delivered quality engineering across Government, Insurance, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Human Capital Management and Legal Technology environments. Built and maintained reusable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium and Provar, reducing repetitive regression effort. Delivered testing across web, mobile, API, Salesforce and integrated enterprise platforms, covering business-critical end-to-end journeys. Strengthened release quality through risk-based testing, regression automation, API validation, backend SQL verification and structured defect management. Integrated automated regression suites into Azure DevOps and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and faster release feedback. Worked closely with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners and other stakeholders to identify quality risks early and resolve defects efficiently. Mentored junior QA engineers, reviewed automation scripts and promoted reusable testing practices and knowledge sharing. Applied AI-assisted testing approaches to improve test design, test-data generation, test-case optimisation and automation development.
Experience & credentials
Certifications, sector experience and security clearance are self-declared unless specifically marked as independently verified by IT Contractors UK.
Sector experience
Government · Banking · HCM
Certifications
ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level (CTFL) GitHub Copilot for Developers Agile/Scrum Certifica
Professional links
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