Software Test Engineer - Automation & CI/CD (Windows/Linux)

Gold Group; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Security clearance eligibility

Job summary

Gold Group is seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering safety- and mission-critical software in the UK. The role blends hands-on unit and integration testing with automated test development and CI pipeline maintenance.

You will work across Windows and Linux, collaborating with Software and Systems Engineers to ensure traceable test evidence from requirements through to results, while driving QA improvements and robust test practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in unit, integration and regression testing in Windows and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with test automation, CI pipelines and test evidence.
• Ability to derive test cases from requirements and maintain traceability.
• Experience with Jira/Confluence for test planning and documentation.
• Knowledge of multiple programming languages (C++, C#, Java or Python).
• Familiarity with mocking frameworks and static analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, review and maintain unit tests for new and legacy software.
• Develop and maintain automated integration and regression test suites across Windows and Linux.
• Derive test cases from requirements and maintain requirements-to-test traceability.
• Manage test workflows and artefacts within Jira and Confluence.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Bamboo/Jenkins/Bitbucket Pipelines).
• Investigate, reproduce and document defects with developers until resolution.
• Produce test plans, specifications and evidence packs for internal/customer review.
• Monitor code coverage and defect trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support code reviews from a testing perspective and coach developers on unit testing.

Skills

Unit testing & TDD

Testing frameworks

Multi-language programming

Mocking frameworks

Code coverage tools

Test design from requirements

Defect management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jira test management (Xray/Zephyr)

Bitbucket

CI/CD pipelines (Bamboo/Jenkins)

Git

Bitbucket Pipelines

Job description

Gold Group is seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary team delivering safety- and mission-critical software in the UK. The role blends hands-on unit and integration testing with automated test development and CI pipeline maintenance.

You will work across Windows and Linux, collaborating with Software and Systems Engineers to ensure traceable test evidence from requirements through to results, while driving QA improvements and robust test practices.