Lead Test Engineer

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Great work life balance

Employer pension contributions 28.97%

Job summary

DWP Digital Debt Solutions invites applications for a Lead Test Engineer. You will shape test strategy across multiple teams, drive automation and champion quality throughout the software lifecycle.

You will mentor engineers, influence technical decisions and work across Azure, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines to deliver secure and accessible services. The role offers hybrid working, flexible hours, and a competitive package with a pension contribution of 28.97%, aligning with civil service

Qualifications

• Lead Criteria - Leading and proactively owning test/quality strategies across multiple teams and tech stacks and types such as Microservices, API's, GUI's, CoTs and message brokers.
• Proactively defining and embedding Test Engineering practices in Java especially around BDD.
• Leading and enabling non-functional testing approaches (e.g. accessibility, performance, security, usability).
• Driving and implementing shifting testing earlier, including CI/CD, and use of automated pipelines within cloud infrastructure.
• Leading, developing and line managing agile and diverse teams of embedded test Engineers, promoting skills development, good practices and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Shaping test strategy and driving automation across multiple teams and tech stacks.
• Coaching engineers and influencing technical decisions to deliver secure, accessible and reliable services.
• Collaborating with architects, delivery teams and stakeholders to ensure quality is built into every stage of delivery.

Skills

Test strategy

Quality leadership

CI/CD

Automation

Non-functional testing

Job description

Pay up to £90,267 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, choice of locations, hybrid working, flexible hours and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Lead Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital Debt Solutions team.

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 are the UK's largest payer, making around £280 billion in payments every year and a third of all UK BACS traffic, 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 - Leading and proactively owning test/quality strategies across multiple teams and tech stacks and types such as Microservices, API's, GUI's, CoTs and message brokers.
• Proactively defining and embedding Test Engineering practices in Java especially around BDD.
• Leading and enabling non-functional testing approaches (e.g. accessibility, performance, security, usability), including test types, tools and appropriate standards.
• Driving and implementing of shifting testing earlier, including CI/CD, and use of automated pipelines within cloud infrastructure.
• Leading, developing and line managing agile and diverse teams of embedded test Engineers, promoting skills development, good practices and continuous improvement.
• Providing technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, from understanding business needs to delivery into production. Delivering technical leadership and managing risk, issues, defects, reporting progress.

You and your role

You'll work with architects, delivery teams and stakeholders to make sure quality is built into every stage of delivery. From shaping test strategy and driving automation to coaching engineers and influencing technical decisions, you'll help teams deliver secure, accessible and reliable services. Working across Azure, microservices and CI/CD pipelines, you'll champion continuous improvement and create a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.

Details. Wages. Perks.

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 £90,267.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 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.