Senior QA Engineer - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology - SEO

Locations: Darlington, London or Salford

Improve the quality and reliability of digital services that support major UK infrastructure programmes.

This Senior QA Engineer opportunity sits within Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), playing a key role in ensuring stable, high-performing services across government.

Why this role stands out

Shape quality standards and testing strategy across digital products Work across data, software, and service delivery environments Influence decisions at programme and executive level Play a key role in maintaining reliable public services Join a growing team focused on continuous improvement

What You’ll Be Doing

Defining and setting QA standards across teams Designing and delivering manual and automated testing strategies Managing defects and working closely with developers Providing insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders Supporting continuous improvement across the development lifecycle Leading and developing team members

Technology and tools you’ll use

Selenium, JUnit, TestNG SQL and Python Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail Postman, Swagger CI/CD tools

This role could be a strong fit if experience includes:

Leading QA or test strategy in digital environments Manual and automated testing across complex systems Working in Agile or Scrum teams Collaborating with a range of stakeholders Using modern QA tools and CI/CD pipelines

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