Software Developer in Test - UK Security Clearance eligibility required
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Job description
We are hiring for Senior Software Developers in Test (React/Java) to join a growing Solutions Engineering team, supporting a large-scale modernisation and AI-enabled transformation programme.
This is a hands-on, client-facing role focused on transforming how testing and quality engineering is approached within complex systems. You will help move teams away from slow, brittle end-to-end testing towards modern, scalable approaches across integration, functional, and contract testing.
Working within a greenfield approach inside a brownfield environment, you will introduce modern tooling, improve developer feedback loops, and embed quality earlier in the software delivery lifecycle.
You will report into a Principal Software Engineer and act as a senior quality engineering voice within delivery teams.
Interview Process - 3 Stage *
- Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition
- Technical Interview with Engineering Team
- Final Interview with Leadership, * Design and implement modern automated testing strategies for Java and React applications.
- Migrate legacy test suites to modern frameworks such as Playwright
- Reduce reliance on slow end-to-end tests by introducing integration, functional, and contract testing
- Implement and promote contract testing practices to improve system reliability
- Embed quality earlier in the delivery lifecycle by working closely with developers
- Introduce AI-assisted testing techniques to improve speed, coverage, and quality
- Act as a quality advocate and testing authority within delivery teams
- Drive improvements in developer feedback loops and testing standards
Technical Skills
Core technologies:
- Java
- React
- Playwright
- Cucumber
- Selenium
- JUnit / Mockito
- REST-assured
- Jest
- Pact
Requirements
You must be eligible for UK Government Security Clearance (SC):
- British Passport or ILR
- Resided in the UK for the last 5 years
- No criminal record or financial irregularities
Requirements
About You
You are a senior test engineer who thinks like a developer and understands how quality should be engineered into modern systems, not tested at the end.
You will bring:
- Strong experience testing Java and React applications
- Deep knowledge of automated UI testing and modern frameworks
- Experience designing test architecture and strategy, not just writing tests
- Strong understanding of BDD and collaboration with development teams
- Hands-on experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact)
- Experience modernising legacy testing approaches and tooling
- Interest or experience in AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and efficiency
- Confidence working in client-facing, consultative environments, * Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines
- Exposure to containerised environments (Docker / Kubernetes)
- Experience working in regulated or large-scale environments
Benefits & conditions
Why join Appvia?
We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud.
We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry.
With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products.
What's on offer?
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? Work-life balance
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Flexible working with core hours of 10-4pm because we know life happens outside of work
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Hybrid working - only one compulsory office day per month
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25 days' holiday a year, plus bank holidays
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An additional day off for your birthday
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Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
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Workplace Nursery Benefit to help working parents
For your well-being
- Full Private Healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
- Death in Service
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Pension plus a salary sacrifice option for even greater savings
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free hygiene products available in the London office
Mental health support
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to the Headspace App
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders
Other fun perks
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia
- Dog friendly office
- Wear what makes you comfortable
- Free snacks in the office
- Pool table & ping pong table
- Regular team socials, board game nights, industry meetups and more!
