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Contract Software Tester Day Rate: 325- 350 per day Duration: 4 months IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Location: Hybrid Working. 1 day per week in London or Manchester office. We are currently supporting a highly recognised end client in the search for a Contract Software Tester. This role will sit within an Agile delivery environment and play a key part in defining, driving, and implementing robust test strategies across complex digital products. The successful contract Software Tester will act as the QA representative within an agile squad, championing quality across the full delivery lifecycle and ensuring both functional and non-functional requirements are met to a high standard. Key Responsibilities: Design, communicate, and implement test strategies and approaches Collaborate with technical leads to understand requirements Build and contribute to automated test frameworks Identify, troubleshoot, and investigate critical defects and root causes Produce clear and concise test evidence and reporting Communicate status updates and risks to technical and delivery stakeholders Essential Skills: Strong experience in automated RESTful API testing Hands-on experience configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins) Strong understanding of coding practices and software engineering principles Excellent communication skills with experience managing cross-team issues JavaScript and Java programming experience Experience with Rest Assured and Cucumber Strong experience with Gatling and Scala AWS experience including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, and related services Proven Agile environment experience Desirable Skills: Any Exposure to Node.js and Playwright Contract testing experience (PACT or Karate framework) Awareness of security testing practices Due to the nature of the role, contractors must have recent commercial experience across all essential skills listed above to be considered. Please apply to the role for immediate consideration. Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Ada Software Engineer - 1509 Location: Luton (Hybrid: 4 days on-site) Contract: 12 months IR35: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: Full UK SC required Rate: £75ph, UMB, inside IR35 About the Role A real-time embedded software engineer with knowledge of Ada is required in support of defensive aids development programmes within the Electronic Warfare business. The role includes design, development, test and support of current and future programs across our Praetorian product line. What You'll Do Support the specification, design, coding and testing of complex real-time embedded software in Ada producing mission critical quality software, to high integrity levels, company standards and customer requirements. Take ownership of complex tasks across the full software lifecycle from requirements to integration, testing and delivery. Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams, working closely across disciplines to develop robust solutions whilst maintaining independence in your work. What We're Looking For Expert knowledge of the Ada software language including OO design principles. Expert capability in debugging in an embedded real-time environment with a COTS RTOS. Good knowledge of UML. Expert knowledge of a variety of Verification & Validation techniques, and the value of each. Experience of requirements engineering, hands-on integration and target testing. Good knowledge of developing software within a mature development process framework. Desirable Defence / EW business domain experience. Experience of Dimensions, DOORS, Rhapsody, VxWorks, AdaCore GNAT Pro & VectorCAST. Experience and understanding of development to RTCA/DO-178B or equivalent standards Why This Contract? Immediate start (subject to onboarding and SC Clearance). Hybrid working model for flexibility (4 days on-site, 1 day remote). Opportunity to work on innovative defence technology with a high degree of autonomy. Long-term project with strong potential for extension.

Job Title: Software Engineer Manchester, UK Hybrid (once/week) 6month contract with Potential Extension Day rate - 56GBP/Hour Inside IR35 Software Engineer We are looking for a mid-level Software Engineer who builds with a "Full-Ownership" mindset. In this role, you aren't just writing code; you're managing the entire lifecycle of global-scale services. What You'll Do Build & Refactor: Write reusable code using standard design patterns. We value test automation as much as production code. Own the Stack: Manage services end-to-end, monitoring health metrics and automating deployments via CI/CD. Design & Advise: Evaluate architectural trade-offs (cost/performance) and guide product teams on system scalability. Solve & Improve: Lead incident response (RCA) and identify structural improvements to boost system performance. The Requirements 5 Years of broad software engineering experience. Proficient in building applications with a focus on data security and integrity. Experienced in System Design and Production Operations (Incident Management/On-call). Collaborative: Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders and mentor peers. Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. System Design: Ability to design, deploy, and operate services in a production environment. Incident Management: Skilled in root cause analysis and maintaining system health. Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. This is an urgent vacancy where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it manisha. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.