Test Engineer

DWP Digital; Blackpool; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government digital service provider is looking for a Test Engineer to join its team. This role involves building automated tests using Python and ensuring the quality of digital services. The position offers competitive pay, a generous pension package, and opportunities for professional development, with a flexible hybrid working model that allows for both remote and in-office collaboration.

Benefits

Employer pension contributions

Generous leave package

Flexible working hours

Time off for volunteering

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience building and delivering automated tests.
• Ability to design, build, and maintain effective tests.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools and standards.
• Influential communicator across teams.
• Experience ensuring usability and security in services.

Responsibilities

• Help modernize legacy systems.
• Design and implement smart testing strategies.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Manage testing risks and share insights.

Skills

Automated testing

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Non-functional testing

Usability and accessibility

Tools

Pytest

Playwright

Job description

Test Engineer

Pay up to £52,347 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for outstanding Test Engineers to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital, to assist in the design of Infrastructure services in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Demonstrable experience of building and delivering comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated tests to provide full coverage of business requirements, using Python and tools such as Pytest, Playwright, or equivalent.
• Proven ability and evidence of being able to design, build and maintain effective tests that validate data quality, movement, and transformation, adopting shift-left approach, including integration tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience of non-functional testing, such as performance testing using test data, with knowledge of appropriate tools and standards, and where to apply them.
• Influential, and able to communicate with other teams and share technical resources, knowledge and lessons learned.
• Practical experience and able to ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development of citizen services.

You and your role

These two roles are specifically in Benefit Supporting Services and Data & Analytics. If you're passionate about quality, automation, and making a real difference this could be the role for you.

You'll be part of a major transformation programme, helping to modernise legacy systems and pave the way for future innovation. Working in agile teams, you'll design and implement smart testing strategies for large-scale digital services that millions rely on every day. You'll also mentor others, manage testing risks and share your insights with a wide range of stakeholders.

This is a chance to lead, influence and shape how we test, all while improving services that support some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, London, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £52,347

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £12,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexitime. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.