Senior SDET, Compliance — Lead Secure, Regulated QA

Symphony Communication Services; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regional benefits

BYOB perk

Local events

Job summary

Symphony Communication Services in Belfast is seeking a Senior SDET, Compliance to drive quality and regulatory reliability across backend and frontend systems.

This hands-on technical leadership role designs and builds automated compliance validation frameworks, evolves testing strategies, and integrates compliance into the SDLC, working with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure built-in compliance in our platform.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in QA or SDET, with compliance focus.
• Experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Hands-on compliance testing experience.
• White-box testing of APIs and services.
• Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and Kubernetes familiarity.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git.
• Experience with Windows 10/11 environments.
• Strong software development practices and modern testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive compliance quality initiatives across backend and frontend systems.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks focused on compliance validation.
• Define, evolve, and execute the next generation Compliance Test Strategy.
• Perform white-box testing to validate regulatory, security, and data-governance requirements.
• Embed shift-left testing practices, working closely with developers early in the SDLC.
• Validate compliance behavior across Cloud (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, and Windows 10/11 environments.
• Identify, debug, and resolve compliance-related quality and risk issues.
• Mentor other SDETs and act as a quality leader and compliance advocate within engineering teams.
• Continuously improve compliance testing processes, tooling, and quality metrics.

Skills

C#

Python

Test automation design

Compliance testing

White-box testing

Cloud AWS/GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Windows 10/11

Software development practices

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/SE

5+ years QA/SDET

2+ years in a senior/lead role

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Symphony Communication Services in Belfast is seeking a Senior SDET, Compliance to drive quality and regulatory reliability across backend and frontend systems.

This hands-on technical leadership role designs and builds automated compliance validation frameworks, evolves testing strategies, and integrates compliance into the SDLC, working with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure built-in compliance in our platform.