Test Engineer

DWP; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Great work-life balance

Employer pension contributions 28.97%

Job summary

DWP Digital is hiring Test Engineers to join our community of tech experts. You will help build and maintain automated tests for UI and API, work with CI/CD pipelines, and ensure services are accessible, secure and reliable across our digital solutions used UK-wide.

We offer hybrid working across UK hubs and flexible hours, with competitive pay up to £53,813 and a pension contribution from the employer of 28.97%.

Qualifications

• Experience building robust automated tests and frameworks for UI or API.
• Proven experience with testing lifecycle from requirements to production.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and contribute to shift-left testing.

Responsibilities

• Create automated test solutions and support CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure services are accessible, secure, stable and reliable.
• Track defects and drive continual quality improvements across products.

Skills

Java/JavaScript

CI/CD

Testing lifecycle

Tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

Test Engineers

Pay of up to £53,813 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for Test Engineers to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.

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.

With around £280 billion in payments every year and a third of all UK BACS traffic, the scale of DWP is extraordinary.

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?

• Lead criteria: Demonstrable skills in Java or JavaScript, and software engineering practices and aptitude to learn more.
• Experience building and maintaining comprehensive, robust and reliable automated tests and frameworks against UI's or API's and understand the other.
• Experience of the testing lifecycle from understanding business needs from delivery to production. Including test generation, reporting and defect management.
• Proven experience of being an adaptable team player who understands agile ways of working and shift left principles e.g. CI/CD.
• Knowledge and awareness of non-functional testing disciplines, e.g. Performance, Security and Accessibility testing, with practical experience of applying relevant testing approaches, tools and standards in any one of these areas.

You and your role

Quality isn't something we check at the end. It's something you'll help us build in from the start.

As a Test Engineer, you'll work closely with other engineers to create automated test solutions, support CI/CD pipelines and make sure our services are accessible, secure, stable and reliable.

You'll take a risk-based approach to testing, using your judgement to understand where the biggest risks are and where testing can add the most value. Along the way, you'll track defects and progress, challenge assumptions and existing ways of working, and help us continually improve the quality of the products and services we build.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location:

You’ll join us in one our brilliant digital hub in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is more 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 £53,813

Pension:

You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £13,000 per year.

Holidays:

A generous leave package starting at 24 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You’ll also get all the usual public holidays.

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

• 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.

And we have an award-winning environment and culture:

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

Process:

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