Senior Test Engineer — Automation & QA Leader (Hybrid)

DWP Digital

Lancashire

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 86,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil service pension with employer 28

Flexible hours

Professional development

Work-life balance

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to lead automation testing and testing strategy across multiple agile teams. The role involves shaping automation frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD, and mentoring Test Engineers while delivering secure, scalable, high‑performing products.

Location is hybrid with flexible hours, and the package includes competitive pay and a generous civil service pension.

Qualifications

Lead criteria: demonstrable skills in data transformation and Python.
Experience designing, building and maintaining comprehensive, robust tests using pytest.
Experience leading testing across multiple delivery teams and influencing Agile teams.
Experience across full software lifecycle including test generation and defect management.
Experience with shift-left testing, CI/CD and pipelines in cloud infrastructure.
Experience in non-functional testing (performance, security, scalability).

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership across multiple agile delivery teams.
Define and implement automated testing strategies for secure, scalable products.
Embed testing into CI/CD pipelines and manage test risks and defects.
Mentor and line-manage Test Engineers and promote best practices.