DV Software Test Engineer

Salary: £69,000 - 109,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience in both manual and automated software testing
• Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of API, UI, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Current UK Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance is essential
• Experience with tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, WebdriverIO, Cucumber, Robot Framework, Serenity BDD, and Rest Assured
• Experience across cloud environments, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery pipelines is beneficial

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing
• Deliver both manual and automated testing across complex software solutions
• Embed quality engineering practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle
• Work within Agile teams using approaches including TDD, BDD, ATDD, and Continuous Testing
• Design and execute functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing
• Perform non-functional testing including performance, security, accessibility, and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps engineers to ensure quality is integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute to improving QA processes, automation frameworks, tooling, and engineering standards
• Mentor colleagues and promote best practice across delivery teams

Technologies:

• API
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Cucumber
• Cypress
• DevOps
• Support
• Playwright
• REST
• Robot Framework
• Security
• Selenium
• TDD
• UX UI Design
• Embedded

More:

We are a leading technology consultancy delivering secure, mission-critical solutions to the UK Government and Defence sector. We support some of the nations most important programmes, helping government departments make critical decisions that strengthen the UKs security and prosperity. Our team of more than 450 highly skilled professionals combines technical excellence with a collaborative, people-first culture. This Senior Test Engineer role sits within a small, agile delivery team working on high-impact projects where quality is assured throughout the full development lifecycle. We offer hybrid working from our offices in Bristol, Cheltenham, and Manchester, flexible working, a dedicated Career Coach, continuous training and professional development, wellbeing support, regular social events, and a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to succeed.

last updated 31 week of 2026