Chroma Recruitment
Lead Software Test Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £46,000 - 86,000 per year
Requirements:- Technical leadership experience
- Mentoring or team lead experience is desirable
- IQSTB Foundation Level qualification or above
- Experience with manual and automated testing
- Experience testing mobile applications (iOS and Android)
- Experience testing web applications and REST APIs
- Experience with test case management tools such as TestRail
- Embedded background is beneficial, but not an absolute requirement
- Help expand our testing capability across mobile apps, embedded software, web applications, and backend services
- Work within our R&D team alongside electronics hardware, embedded software, and mobile app engineers
- Test embedded code
- Android
- Backend
- Embedded
- Hardware
- Mobile
- REST
- Web
- iOS
More:
We are an innovative technology company hiring a Lead Software Test Engineer to strengthen our testing capability. The role sits within our strong R&D team, working alongside electronics hardware, embedded software, and mobile app engineers. An embedded background would be beneficial, though it is not an absolute requirement. We also offer a referral scheme through our recruitment partner.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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About Chroma Recruitment
Chroma Recruitment
Carlisle
IT
Skills & Technologies
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£66,000
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£85,000
UK median
This salary is 22% below the UK median for Lead roles (£85,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks