Jr. Database Tester

October 15, 2026

Junior

London

Indeed

Description

We are looking for an experienced Automation Tester to join the QA team. The role focuses on maintaining and extending a .NET test automation framework built on Reqnroll (BDD) and Microsoft Playwright on .NET 8. The position also covers Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline maintenance, test data management and participation in sprint ceremonies.

Responsibilities

Maintain and extend the Reqnroll (SpecFlow) BDD automation framework written in C# / .NET 8 using Microsoft Playwright
Write and review Gherkin feature files, step definitions and page objects for new and changed functionality
Ensure automated tests are submitted alongside pull requests for new features
Investigate and resolve test flakiness by replacing hard sleeps with condition-based waits and standardising step definitions
Maintain and improve the Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline including test result publishing and PR gate configuration
Triage pipeline failures and distinguish test failures from environment or infrastructure issues
Work with the DevOps team to configure and maintain the agent pool
Manage test data in Excel and database ensuring data integrity and environment isolation between SIT, UAT and FAT
Participate in sprint ceremonies, provide test estimates and contribute to Definition of Done

Requirements

Solid hands-on C# experience with OOP, generics, async/await and LINQ
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Playwright locators, auto-wait, trace viewer and assertions
Experience writing and maintaining BDD feature files, step definitions and hooks in a .NET context
Ability to write clear Gherkin scenarios using Given/When/Then, Background and Scenario Outline
Test framework experience with NUnit or xUnit in a .NET context
Strong Page Object Model implementation separating locators and functions into reusable components
Azure DevOps Pipeline authoring in YAML with VSTest, PublishTestResults and agent pool configuration
Git branch strategy, PR workflow and commit hygiene
NuGet package management, version control and dependency resolution
REST API testing experience with RestSharp, cookie-based auth and response validation
Excel test data management using EPPlus for reading parameterised test data
Ability to write and validate SQL queries for test data retrieval and assertion
Structured logging in a test context using Serilog or similar
Experience automating Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM with iframe handling and BPF stages
Prior Selenium WebDriver experience useful for diagnosing legacy test issues
Understanding of Azure AD / OAuth session tokens and service account configuration
Accessibility testing experience with Axe integration or similar a11y test execution
PostgreSQL / Npgsql database query execution against Azure-hosted PostgreSQL
AutoIt Windows automation for file upload dialogs
PowerShell pipeline scripting with config file manipulation and Azure CLI commands