Senior Test Automation Engineer - Frameworks & CI/CD (Hybrid)

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA); Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Weighting allowance

Pension contributions 28.97%

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Annual leave up to 30 days

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Test Engineer to design and develop test frameworks and tooling, writing clean, maintainable code and creating automated quality checks across API, integration, contract and end-to-end tests. You will work within a flexible, permanent role offering hybrid working and opportunities to mentor others while advancing reliability in DVSA digital services.

The position includes generous leave and pension provisions and a clear path for career

Qualifications

• Designing and developing test frameworks and tooling.
• Writing clean, reusable and maintainable code in a modern engineering environment.
• Testing across API, integration, contract and end-to-end levels.
• Working with CI/CD pipelines and automated quality checks.
• Investigating complex failures across systems, environments, data and pipelines.
• Working in Agile, multidisciplinary teams to deliver digital services.
• Applying quality engineering practices to improve reliability and scalability.
• Mentoring others and influencing consistent engineering and testing standards.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and development of test frameworks and tools.
• Building reliable automated checks across API, integration, contract and end-to-end levels.
• Improving CI/CD pipeline confidence through effective automated validation.
• Investigating complex failures across code, environments, data and pipelines.

Skills

Test automation

Test frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

API testing

Agile teamwork

Mentoring

Job description

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Test Engineer to design and develop test frameworks and tooling, writing clean, maintainable code and creating automated quality checks across API, integration, contract and end-to-end tests. You will work within a flexible, permanent role offering hybrid working and opportunities to mentor others while advancing reliability in DVSA digital services.

The position includes generous leave and pension provisions and a clear path for career