Inside IR35 - Software Development Engineer in Test - AI and Cloud

So Code Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking an experienced Test Engineer for a contract role in Cambridge. This position focuses on validating cloud-native AI services, requiring strong expertise in software testing and automation frameworks. Candidates should have over 12 years in QA and familiarity with AI safety standards. The role demands 3 days on-site and offers an immediate start.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software testing/QA for cloud-native apps.
• Strong automation framework design skills.
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and containers.
• Solid knowledge of API, performance, and security testing.
• Familiarity with LLM evaluation and prompt engineering.
• Awareness of AI safety and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Functional, performance, and security testing of services.
• Design and implement automated test suites for APIs.
• Automate evaluation of AI outputs.
• Define and track service-level quality metrics.
• Validate against AI safety/regulatory standards.
• Support threat modelling and API security testing.

Skills

Software testing/QA for cloud-native apps

Automation framework design

Azure DevOps

Performance testing

Security testing (OWASP Top 10)

LLM evaluation

Tools

Azure

CI/CD

Containers

Job description

Inside IR35 - Software Development Engineer in Test - AI and Cloud

Overview

Contract Software Development Engineer in Test – Cloud and AI Services. We’re seeking an experienced Test Engineer (contract role) to validate and assure the quality of cloud-native AI services and APIs.

This role will require 3 days onsite in Cambridge.

This is an opportunity to join a pioneering and well-reasourced AI project from one of the leading Software business in the UK. We need engineers who want to solve new problems and push the boundaries of Test and QA. AI experience is a must and LLM testing knowledge will really set you apart.

Responsibilities

• Functional, performance, and security testing of services on Azure.
• Design and implement automated test suites for APIs, components, and AI pipelines.
• Automate evaluation of AI outputs (accuracy, safety, relevance).
• Define and track service-level quality metrics.
• Validate against AI safety/regulatory standards.
• Support threat modelling and API security testing.

Skills & Experience

• 12+ years in software testing/QA for cloud-native apps (.NET/Microsoft stack).
• Strong automation framework design skills.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, containers.
• Solid knowledge of API, performance, and security testing (OWASP Top 10).
• Familiarity with LLM evaluation, prompt engineering, RAG, hallucination detection.
• Awareness of AI safety, bias detection, and compliance.

Contract position – immediate start.