Test Engineer - One Login

£46,725 - £50,220 (London) / £42,893 - £45,653 (National) Based on capability. The base salary of this grade is £46,169 for London and £42,382 for other locations.
Published on 14 March 2025. Deadline 30 March 2025.

GOV.UK One Login is being designed and built for the many, not the few. It will unite services across government, revolutionising the way government departments digitally interact with users. One Login will deliver an accessible and essential function that will change lives and help millions.

We are seeking highly skilled SEO Test Engineers to join our dynamic product teams. In this role, you will be responsible for leading test engineering activities at product level, ensuring that our products meet the highest standards of functional and non-functional quality. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, architects and other stakeholders to design and execute comprehensive test plans that cover all aspects of the product life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks and automated scripts using industry-standard tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including product managers, developers, and architects to foster a culture of quality.
• Design and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases, ensuring full coverage of functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Work with development teams to drive shift-left testing practices by integrating automated tests into the software development lifecycle.
• Analyse test results to identify trends, risks, and patterns, helping to drive proactive quality improvements.
• Actively participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and refinement sessions to identify risks, gaps, and test dependencies.

Person Specification

We're interested in people who have:

• Strong experience in software testing across the full SDLC, from gathering requirements to delivering production-ready solutions.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining test automation frameworks for UI and API using tools such as Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.
• Proficiency in integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge in non-functional testing, including performance and accessibility testing methodologies.
• The ability to identify defect trends, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and drive preventive actions to improve software quality.
• Strong collaboration skills, working closely with cross-functional teams to embed quality engineering best practices throughout the SDLC.
• Experience in agile environments, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and test-driven development (TDD/BDD) practices.
• Committed to continuous learning, staying updated with the latest advancements in testing tools, frameworks, and methodologies.

Benefits

There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:

• Flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours.
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days.
• An extra day off for The King's birthday.
• An in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance.
• Career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development.
• A focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme.
• Job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK.
• Advances on pay, including for travel season tickets.
• Access to children's holiday play schemes across different locations in central London.
• Access to an employee discounts scheme.
• 10 learning days per year.
• Volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year).
• Access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning.

Application Process

The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

• A simple application screening process - We only ask for a CV and cover letter of up to 750 words.

We encourage you to apply and look forward to reviewing your application.