
Sanderson Government and Defence
Quality Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £48,000 - 88,000 per year
Requirements:- Software Testing / Quality Engineering experience
- CI/CD pipeline experience
- GitLab experience, or strong Git knowledge
- Java and Spring experience
- Test automation framework experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Agile Scrum experience
- Quality-driven mindset
- Desirable: Playwright, JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin, OWASP ZAP, SonarQube, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Microservices, OpenAPI, WCAG and DevSecOps practices
- Design and implement automated testing solutions and frameworks
- Champion Quality Engineering and shift-left testing practices
- Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines
- Apply risk-based testing approaches across the delivery life cycle
- Collaborate with Developers, DevOps Engineers and Architects to ensure quality is embedded from the outset
- Contribute to functional, integration, performance, security and accessibility testing
- Coach teams on testing best practices and continuous improvement
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Cucumber
- DevSecOps
- DevOps
- Docker
- Embedded
- Git
- GitLab
- Support
- JUnit
- Java
- Kubernetes
- OWASP
- OpenAPI
- Playwright
- Security
- Selenium
- Spring
- microservices
- Cloud
More:
We are seeking a Quality Engineer to support the delivery of secure, mission-critical solutions within the Defence sector. You will work in an Agile environment, helping us drive quality throughout the software life cycle, champion automation, and support engineering teams in delivering reliable, resilient and secure systems. The role is based in Telford with 2 days on site each week, is inside IR35, and requires active BPSS clearance. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply or speak with our recruiters directly so we can support you.
last updated 39 week of 2026
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Sanderson Government and Defence
Telford
IT
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£68,000
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 13% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks