Test Engineer

DWP Digital; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 67.000 - 91.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DWP Digital in the UK is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts. You’ll provide technical leadership across multiple teams, shaping automation testing strategies and ensuring secure, scalable, high‑performing products.

We offer hybrid working, competitive pay up to £78,205 with pension contributions, and opportunities to mentor others while driving testing across the full software lifecycle.

Qualifikationen

• Lead criteria: Demonstrable skills in the data transformation space and python programming language with the aptitude to learn/adapt to others.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable tests using pytest including driving improvements to frameworks.
• Experience leading testing and test strategy across multiple delivery teams, understanding agile ways of working and how to influence others.
• Experience across the full software lifecycle from understanding business needs to delivery into production. Including technical leadership, test generation, reporting and defect management.
• Has experience in shift left principles including CI/CD and using pipelines configured within cloud infrastructure.
• Experience of conducting and enabling non-functional testing, e.g. performance, security or scalability - including test types, test tools and standards.

Aufgaben

• Provide technical leadership across multiple agile delivery teams, defining and implementing automation testing strategies that ensure secure, scalable, high-performing and reliable products.
• Mentor and line-manage Test Engineers, share best practices and help build a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Embed testing into CI/CD pipelines, shape automation frameworks and manage test risks and defects to help teams deliver with confidence.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, DevOps, Architects, and Product teams to champion risk-based testing and data validation.

Kenntnisse

Data transformation

Python

Test automation

Agile testing

CI/CD

Test strategy

Non-functional testing

Tools

pytest

CI/CD tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Test Engineer

CAPTION:

• Company: DWP Digital
• Salary: £57,946 to £78,205 a year
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Sheffield, S3 7UF
• Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 8 Sept 2026
• Closing date: 8 Oct 2026

Summary

Senior Test Engineer

Pay up to £78,250, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Senior Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Lead criteria: Demonstrable skills and experience in the data transformation space and python programming language with the aptitude to learn/adapt to others.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable tests using pytest including driving improvements to frameworks.
• Experience leading testing and test strategy across multiple delivery teams, understanding agile ways of working and how to influence others.
• Experience across the full software lifecycle from understanding business needs to delivery into production. Including technical leadership, test generation, reporting and defect management.
• Has experience in shift left principles including CI/CD and using pipelines configured within cloud infrastructure.
• Experience of conducting and enabling non-functional testing, e.g. performance, security or scalability - including test types, test tools and standards.

You and your role

You'll provide technical leadership across multiple agile delivery teams, defining and implementing automation testing strategies that ensure secure, scalable, high-performing and reliable products. Working closely with Software Engineers, DevOps, Architects, and Product teams, you'll champion risk-based testing, data validation, continuous testing, and quality-by-design principles.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll shape automation frameworks, embed testing into CI/CD pipelines, manage test risks and defects and help teams deliver with confidence. You'll also mentor and line manage Test Engineers, share best practices and help build a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

If you have experience in Test Automation, Quality Engineering, Agile Delivery, CI/CD, Continuous Testing, Data Validation, Risk-Based Testing, Performance Testing, Security Testing, DevOps, and Engineering Leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £78,205.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award‑winning environment and culture:

#s1-Gen

• Lead criteria: Demonstrable skills and experience in the data transformation space and python programming language with the aptitude to learn/adapt to others.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable tests using pytest including driving improvements to frameworks.
• Experience leading testing and test strategy across multiple delivery teams, understanding agile ways of working and how to influence others.
• Experience across the full software lifecycle from understanding business needs to delivery into production. Including technical leadership, test generation, reporting and defect management.
• Has experience in shift left principles including CI/CD and using pipelines configured within cloud infrastructure.
• Experience of conducting and enabling non-functional testing, e.g. performance, security or scalability - including test types, test tools and standards.

You and your role You'll provide technical leadership across multiple agile delivery teams, defining and implementing automation testing strategies that ensure secure, scalable, high‑performing and reliable products. Working closely with Software Engineers, DevOps, Architects, and Product teams, you'll champion risk‑based testing, data validation, continuous testing, and quality‑by‑design principles. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll shape automation frameworks, embed testing into CI/CD pipelines, manage test risks and defects and help teams deliver with confidence. You'll also mentor and line manage Test Engineers, share best practices and help build a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. If you have experience in Test Automation, Quality Engineering, Agile Delivery, CI/CD, Continuous Testing, Data Validation, Risk‑Based Testing, Performance Testing, Security Testing, DevOps, and Engineering Leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a Senior Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're using fresh ideas and leading‑edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Pay up to £78,250, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance., Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £78,205. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.