Software Developer in Test (SDET)

Salt Creating Futures Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Creating Futures Ltd. in the United Kingdom is seeking experienced Software Developers in Test (SDETs) to join a growing engineering team delivering secure, resilient, mission-critical technology.

You will design, develop and maintain automated testing frameworks, improve CI/CD pipelines and build tooling to enable reliable software delivery across multiple secure projects. DV clearance is required or in process.

Qualifications

• Experience as an SDET, Software Test Engineer or Automation Engineer.
• Strong software development background.
• Experience developing automation frameworks.
• CI/CD experience.
• Agile delivery experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain UK DV Clearance (candidates with active DV clearance are highly preferred).
• Desirable skills include Selenium, Playwright or Cypress.
• Desirable skills include Kubernetes or Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and tooling.
• Build software that improves engineering quality and delivery.
• Develop automation across CI/CD pipelines.
• Design automated functional, integration, performance and resilience testing.
• Investigate software defects and perform root cause analysis.
• Improve engineering practices and software quality across delivery teams.
• Work closely with Software Engineers, Architects and DevOps teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and engineering best practice.
• Support delivery of secure, highly resilient software solutions.

Skills

SDET experience

Automation engineering

CI/CD experience

Agile delivery

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

DV clearance

Java

Python

C#

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Observability

Job description

Software Developer in Test (SDET)
Mission Critical Services
Locations: Cheltenham, Ipswich, London or Manchester
DV Clearance Required
Salary DOE

We are looking for experienced Software Developers in Test (SDETs) to join a growing engineering team delivering secure, resilient and mission critical technology.

This is an opportunity to work on highly secure systems where quality is built into the software development lifecycle from the outset. You will combine software engineering and quality engineering skills to develop automation frameworks, improve CI/CD pipelines and build tooling that enables teams to deliver reliable software with confidence.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and tooling Build software that improves engineering quality and delivery Develop automation across CI/CD pipelines Design automated functional, integration, performance and resilience testing Investigate software defects and perform root cause analysis Improve engineering practices and software quality across delivery teams Work closely with Software Engineers, Architects and DevOps teams Contribute to continuous improvement and engineering best practice Support delivery of secure, highly resilient software solutions

Essential Skills

Experience as an SDET, Software Test Engineer or Automation Engineer Strong software development background Experience developing automation frameworks Java, Python, C# or similar programming language CI/CD experience Agile delivery experience Strong problem solving skills Excellent stakeholder communication Ability to obtain and maintain UK DV Clearance (Candidates with active DV clearance are highly preferred). Desirable Skills Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar automation tools Performance or resilience testing Platform engineering Cloud technologies Kubernetes or Docker Infrastructure automation Secure or highly assured environments Observability and monitoring experience