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# Software Developer in Test

- **Company:** Datasource
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Automation of Tests, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Datadog, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.datasourcerecruitment.co.uk/jobs/software-developer-in-test/

## About the Role

· Practical experience developing software, automation tooling or engineering solutions.

· Solid understanding of software engineering principles and modern development practices.

· Experience working within Agile software delivery environments.

· Ability to analyse complex technical problems and develop practical, well-considered solutions.

· Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver successful technical outcomes.

· Strong communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at varying technical levels.

· Commitment to continuous learning and a genuine passion for engineering excellence.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

· Experience in test automation and quality engineering frameworks.

· Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling and pipeline development.

· Background in performance, reliability or resilience engineering.

· Experience with cloud-native or distributed systems environments.

· Knowledge of infrastructure and environment automation or observability tooling.

· Experience working in secure or highly assured technology environments.

## Description

· Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks, tools and services to improve delivery confidence.

· Develop resilient, maintainable software that supports both products and quality engineering capabilities.

· Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and repeatable software delivery.

· Identify quality risks early and support teams in delivering trusted, secure software solutions.

· Investigate defects, analyse system behaviour and contribute to root-cause analysis.

· Participate in peer reviews and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.

· Collaborate with software engineers, architects and operational stakeholders to solve complex technical problems.

· Share knowledge, mentor colleagues and help develop modern quality engineering practices across the team.


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