Senior Quality Engineer: Automation & CI/CD Leader

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

Hybrid working

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Home and Tech voucher

Cycle-to-work scheme

Job summary

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to embed quality into our software delivery lifecycle. You will champion automation, API testing, and non‑functional quality while guiding teams toward reliable, scalable software.

You’ll collaborate with engineering, architecture, and product groups to shape testing strategies and improve observability and release confidence. Hybrid working is available, with three days in the Skipton office and two days remote.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quality Engineer in a modern engineering environment.
• Hands-on test automation, API testing, and CI/CD/DevSecOps practices.
• ISTQB Foundation Level or equivalent experience in software testing.

Responsibilities

• Embed testing within CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable software delivery.
• Improve performance metrics such as lead time, automation coverage and deployment frequency.
• Champion shift-left testing including functional, performance, resilience and security testing.
• Define quality strategies with engineering, architecture and product teams.
• Design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for web, mobile and API platforms.
• Mentor and support Quality Engineers and wider engineering teams.

Skills

Automation testing

API testing

Non-functional testing

CI/CD

Mentoring

Education

ISTQB Foundation Level

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Selenium

C#

Java

Azure DevOps

Postman

Job description

SBS Skipton Building Society is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to embed quality into our software delivery lifecycle. You will champion automation, API testing, and non‑functional quality while guiding teams toward reliable, scalable software.

You’ll collaborate with engineering, architecture, and product groups to shape testing strategies and improve observability and release confidence. Hybrid working is available, with three days in the Skipton office and two days remote.