Rails Engineer -Test Automation (DRWN)

Project overview

Job title - Rails Engineer (Test Automation focus)

Client Location - United Kingdom (remote, nearshore)

Remote work offering - 100%

Client Industry - Public Sector

Contract Length - 6 months

Contract type - Freelance (B2B)

Project focus

You'll join a Ruby on Rails delivery team building digital services for a UK public sector client, splitting your time between Rails feature development and strengthening the team's automated testing. That means building out RSpec and system test coverage, using browser automation tooling, keeping CI pipelines fast and reliable and helping make sure services meet accessibility standards.

Key skills and Experience required

If this role is of interest, please apply with an updated CV.

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• 5+ years' commercial experience with Ruby, including hands-on Ruby on Rails feature work
• Strong automated testing skills with RSpec, including system and integration tests
• Browser test tooling such as Capybara, Selenium, Cypress or Playwright
• Building and maintaining CI pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI)
• Working knowledge of accessibility testing (WCAG, automated a11y checks)
• Experience delivering for UK public sector clients is highly desirable
• Must be based in Portugal, Poland or Romania

Project details

• Start: date 11/2026
• Duration: 6 months
• Remote: remote
• Location: Warsaw, Poland, PL