Lead Test Engineer

Lead Test Engineer

Pay up to £87,740 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

These two roles will suit an engineer who is excellent at resolving technical blockers, understand wider testing principles in Agile and namely Microservice Architecture. They will be proactively engaging with the wider engineering community to drive consistency and adoption of strategic engineering solutions and standard that build a quality outcome. The role will require hands on testing engineering and leadership skills.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for two Lead 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?

• (Lead Criteria) Excellent communicator who can coach, collaborate, influence, develop and lead multiple diverse teams.
• Influencing decision makers and key stakeholder to help support and define the strategic vision of solutions.
• Knowledge of multiple programming languages, technology, and testing frameworks used within different architectures such as microservice, monoliths, SaaS etc.
• Ensures that both functional and non-functional needs are embedded in the development & testing of solutions.
• Ability to understand, review and implement the latest practices, principles, and processes, driving towards whole team quality.
• Able to contribute to the design, implementation and adoption of reusable patterns, libraries, and services.

  You and your role

  Our new Lead Test Engineers will work directly in either our Engineering Excellence Team or Debt Digital programme to deliver a major change programme.

  Engineering Excellence team works as a multi-disciplinary team that owns a backlog to deliver common, re-usable technical assets that accelerate and enable engineering delivery across the wider organisation.

  Our Debt Digital Programme is a transformative major change programme within DWP delivered by multi-functional teams, in varying stages of development.

  Both roles will help shape the medium to long-term engineering strategies for centralised, reusable quality products and components that accelerate engineering delivery across DWP as a whole or DWP Debt Digital, meeting expectations of citizens managing their finances via online channels.

  Details. Wages. Perks.

  Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, 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 £87,740.

  Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 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 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:

  • 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.

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