Test Engineer

Test Engineer jobs: Up to £52,347 flexible working, hybrid home/office working, L&D and career growth, 27% pension…

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

• Do you want to help design, develop and test digital services that millions of people across the UK rely on?

• Are you passionate about the latest test technologies and frameworks?

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, and support over 25 million daily users.

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

We're driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of government products and services, creating innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions.

The DWP products and services we maintain and modernise will be used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives.

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

Development. Work. Projects.

As well as being part of a supportive, collaborative and learning focused Test community, you'll work as part of an agile, multi-disciplinary team.

You'll have an important role for us designing and building test solutions that mean our agents, users and claimants get a quality service and get quality products in their hands.

Your work will mean that when we need to help people, and they need our help, we'll be using the best possible products, services and solutions.

You will need excellent attention to detail, a commitment to quality, a belief in the benefits of faster feedback and the ability to make decisions to manage a well-assured service.

Day to day you will:

• Work alongside other engineers both within your team and the wider community to solve problems and enable consistent solutions and strategies
• Build automation test solutions that help to assure the quality of our products, contribute towards their design, and look for ways to improve the value automation adds
• Ensure that usability, accessibility, security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development of services
• Take a risk based, context driven approach to agile testing assessing and understanding the risks to drive decisions
• Support Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines to run a full range of tests against our products and assure our builds
• Maintain traceability of testing, risks, defects, and report progress to appropriate stakeholders

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Demonstrable skills in a modern programming language and software engineering practices and aptitude to learn more
• Experience building and maintaining comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated tests against UI's and API's including contributing to improving frameworks and automation suites
• Experience of the testing lifecycle from understanding business needs from delivery to production. Including test generation, reporting and defect management
• Skilled in being an adaptable team player who understands agile ways of working and shift left principles e.g. CI/CD
• Knowledge of non-functional testing e.g. Performance, Security and Accessibility - including test types, test tools, and standards

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs based in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is more convenient for you.

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly.

We work a hybrid model with a blend of home working and time in the office.

We offer competitive pay of up to £52,347.

You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth over £10,000 per year and a generous leave package starting at 26 days.

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

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-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
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

Click "apply now" and get started with the next step in your career at DWP Digital.