Software Development Engineer

GlobalLogic UK&I; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test based in Greater London. The role focuses on testing strategies, automation, and overseeing quality assurance practices while collaborating with global teams. Candidates should have a client-focused attitude, strong analytical skills, and experience in DevOps practices. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for continuous learning and mentoring others.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance/testing and automation.
• Strong analytical skills focused on reproducible defects.
• Ability to design and execute test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Drive successful digital transformation programs.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams.
• Mentor teams in testing best practices.

Skills

Quality Assurance and Automation

Analytical and troubleshooting skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

DevOps practices

Client-focused attitude

Tools

Java

Bash

Python

Powershell

Golang

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test / Quality Assurance Test Engineer with a hands-on engineering background. The candidate will be able to articulate the business benefits to design and execute test strategies, test cases, and validation checks.

About the role

• Digital Transformation: You have experience contributing to and driving successful digital transformation programs, working across diverse organisational structures and challenges.
• Global Collaboration: Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams distributed across multiple geographies, ensuring seamless communication and delivery.
• Continuous Learner: You are eager to learn and innovate, bringing a client-focused, can-do attitude and the ability to think outside the box.
• Client-Centric Multi-tasker: Comfortable working with multiple clients simultaneously, balancing priorities effectively.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to bridge the gap between technical teams and business leaders.

About you (ideally)

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of SDET and Quality Assurance and Automation.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a focus on reproducible, well-documented defects.
• Ability to design and execute test strategies, test cases and validation checks for set up and develop test strategies.
• Design and implement automated checks.
• DevOps practices such as CI, CD, Infra as Code, Cloud, network engineering.
• Ensuring policies are correct, consistent, and safe to release.
• Experience in mentoring teams.
• Being part of implementing end to end delivery lifecycles.
• Hungry to learn, out of the box thinkers.
• A client-focused ‘can-do’ attitude, excellent stakeholder management and able to work across multiple teams.
• High attention to detail and continuously challenging the status quo.
• Feeling comfortable to work with new clients.

Technical Insight

• Experience in quality assurance/testing and automation.
• Experience designing and executing test cases for system or infrastructure changes.
• Experience working with IaC concepts and tools, CI/CD workflows.
• Contribute to documentation of quality standards, test procedures.
• Cloud - AWS, Azure, GCP etc…
• Testing frameworks
• Experience in one of the following scripting languages: Java, Bash, Python, Powershell, Golang