Senior SDET — Cloud-First Test Automation (Ruby/Cucumber)

Government Recruitment Service; Swansea; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution of 28.97

25 days annual leave increasing with 1

8 bank holidays and a privilege day

Flexible working options

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test for DVLA in Swansea. You will help design and deliver automated tests for web UIs and APIs, applying ATDD and robust coding practices.

You will work within a delivery team or dedicated testing function, mentoring juniors, planning related stories, and expanding automation with Cucumber and Ruby in Dockerised or serverless environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in building test automation for web UIs and APIs.
• Attention to detail and thorough testing approach.
• Experience applying SDET principles and automation testing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead development on sets of related stories.
• Coach and mentor more junior colleagues.
• Understand and be proficient in different types of testing.
• Write clean, maintainable automated testing code.

Skills

Test automation

ATDD

Mentoring juniors

SDET principles

Cucumber

Ruby

Tools

Docker

Serverless architectures

Job description

Government Recruitment Service is recruiting a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test for DVLA in Swansea. You will help design and deliver automated tests for web UIs and APIs, applying ATDD and robust coding practices.

You will work within a delivery team or dedicated testing function, mentoring juniors, planning related stories, and expanding automation with Cucumber and Ruby in Dockerised or serverless environments.