Software Test Engineer

Npa Worldwide
Cheltenham, UK
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£69,000.0 - £109,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Acceptance Test-Driven Development Automation of Tests Cloud Computing Continuous Integration DevOps Design of User Interfaces E2e Testing Selenium Software Engineering
+8 more
Software Systems Systems Integration Performance Testing Delivery Pipeline Cypress (Programming Language) Playwright Cucumber (Software) Selenium Webdriver

Job description

  • 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 modern engineering 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

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 technologies 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 would be beneficial

About the company

We are a leading technology consultancy delivering secure, mission-critical solutions to the UK Government and Defence sector. Our work supports some of the nations most important programmes, helping government departments make critical decisions that strengthen the UKs security and prosperity. We have a team of more than 450 highly skilled professionals and combine technical excellence with a collaborative, people-first culture. This Senior Test Engineer role is part of a small, agile delivery team focused on assuring the quality of secure software throughout the full development lifecycle. We offer hybrid working with offices in Bristol, Cheltenham, and Manchester, flexible working, a dedicated Career Coach, continuous training and professional development, employee wellbeing support, regular social events, and a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture.

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