Senior Software Test Engineer - Hybrid (APIs & UI)

NIF; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Portal Biotech seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to validate the backend services and UI used by platform scientists to launch analyses, monitor runs and review reports from the analysis pipeline. You will also support testing across the entire software product.

Based in London with a hybrid work model (Scale Space, White City), the role requires ownership of testing across APIs, UI and automation frameworks, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience across the full product development lifecycle
• Experience testing APIs and user interfaces in a commercial software environment
• Proficient with modern testing frameworks (pytest, Cucumber, Playwright)
• Comfortable owning outcomes and driving deliverables in a fast-moving setting
• Strong ability to collaborate with domain experts and product leads

Responsibilities

• Test the services and user interface that launch and manage data analysis workflows
• Provide testing expertise across the product, coordinating with instrument and bioinformatics teams
• Ensure testability is designed into system components
• Review product requirements, software design, and test cases

Skills

API testing

UI testing

Test automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirement review

Tools

pytest

Cucumber

Playwright

Job description

Portal Biotech seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to validate the backend services and UI used by platform scientists to launch analyses, monitor runs and review reports from the analysis pipeline. You will also support testing across the entire software product.

Based in London with a hybrid work model (Scale Space, White City), the role requires ownership of testing across APIs, UI and automation frameworks, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software.