Software Development Engineer - Test & Automation Lead

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution 28.97%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Test Engineering professional within the Strategy, Policy, Digital & Technology Directorate. You will lead design and development of test frameworks and automated checks to ensure reliable, scalable digital services for road safety and compliance.

You will work with product, delivery, and engineering teams to embed quality early, improve CI/CD pipelines, mentor colleagues, and promote consistent quality engineering practices

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing test frameworks and automated checks.
• Proficient in API/integration/end-to-end testing.
• Experience improving CI/CD pipelines with automated validation.

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.
• Supporting live service reliability by identifying risks and driving improvements.
• Working with developers, testers, analysts and DevOps engineers to embed quality early.
• Mentoring colleagues and promoting consistent quality engineering practices.
• Contributing to engineering standards, continuous improvement and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Test automation

CI/CD

Quality engineering

Tools

Test frameworks

Automation tools

Job description

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Test Engineering professional within the Strategy, Policy, Digital & Technology Directorate. You will lead design and development of test frameworks and automated checks to ensure reliable, scalable digital services for road safety and compliance.

You will work with product, delivery, and engineering teams to embed quality early, improve CI/CD pipelines, mentor colleagues, and promote consistent quality engineering practices