Software Engineer in Test

Software Engineer in Test

• Salary up to £55,000
• Office-based in Manchester city centre
• Opportunity to develop your automation skills within a growing QA function

• Hands‑on Software Engineer in Test role with a strong automation focus
• Opportunity to influence quality from the early stages of development
• Modern testing tools including Playwright, Cypress and Postman
• Collaborative Agile environment with ongoing learning and development

We’re supporting an established technology‑led organisation that is continuing to invest in the quality of its engineering function. With a strong emphasis on delivering reliable, scalable software, they’re looking to grow their testing capability with a Software Engineer in Test who enjoys both manual and automation testing.

• Excellent opportunity to expand your automation testing expertise
• Collaborative office‑first culture with close‑knit engineering teams
• Investment in personal development and continuous learning
• Modern tooling and technologies across the testing landscape
• Comprehensive benefits package including enhanced holidays, pension and wellbeing support

As a Software Engineer in Test, you’ll play a key role in ensuring software quality throughout the development lifecycle. Working closely with developers and product teams, you’ll contribute during planning sessions, help define acceptance criteria and carry out both manual and automated testing to deliver high-quality releases.

You’ll spend the majority of your time developing and enhancing automated test suites using modern frameworks, while also supporting manual testing where required. You’ll be encouraged to explore new testing approaches, improve existing processes and continually develop your technical skills within a supportive engineering environment.

• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman or Playwright
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices
• Knowledge of exploratory, regression and smoke testing techniques
• SQL and database querying skills
• Experience building automated tests using Playwright
• Exposure to modern automation frameworks including Cypress and Type Script
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

Software Engineer in Test, SDET, Automation Testing, Playwright, Cypress, Type Script, API Testing, Postman, SQL, CI/CD, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Exploratory Testing, Smoke Testing