Lead Test Engineer — Cloud, Microservices & CI/CD Leader

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

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