Senior Test Engineer (£44,241 - £58,793)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £44,241 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | As this role is GDAD an additional allowance of up to £14,552 can be applicable. |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 451183/4 |
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Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Leading the planning, execution, and reporting of testing activities using appropriate test tools and frameworks.
- Applying and optimising existing test tools, frameworks, and reusable assets to improve test efficiency and coverage.
- Embedding quality from the start by defining acceptance criteria and promoting early engagement in testing activities.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align testing priorities with user needs, business value, and product risk.
- Providing expert guidance on defect management, test analysis, and continuous improvement of testing practices.
- Driving consistency in testing approaches, standards, and ways of working across delivery teams.
- Using data insights and defect trends to recommend changes that improve quality outcomes and reduce escaped defects.
- Mentoring and coaching colleagues to strengthen testing capability, confidence, and shared ownership of quality.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it’s like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on the 5th March 2026 – invite link here
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