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# Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** Npa Worldwide
- **Location:** Cheltenham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £69,000.0 - £109,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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, Software Systems, Systems Integration, Performance Testing, Delivery Pipeline, Cypress (Programming Language), Playwright, Cucumber (Software), Selenium Webdriver
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5836604992

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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