Senior Functional Quality Engineer

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high‑profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in‑demand skills development, and long‑term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• Traditional benefits such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Programme, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

As a Senior Functional Quality Engineer, you will leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to drive innovation and excellence. You will design and execute comprehensive testing strategies for custom applications, mentor junior team members, build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, contribute to testing road‑maps, and drive the adoption of automation testing and test efficiency improvements.

• Lead the design and execution of comprehensive testing strategies for custom applications.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering continuous learning and improvement.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to the development of testing strategies and road‑maps.
• Drive the adoption of automation testing and test efficiency improvements.

Bachelor’s Degree.

• Extensive experience in functional, system integration, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Masterful proficiency in testing methodologies and tools.
• Proven track record of delivering high‑quality testing solutions in a professional setting.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of testing projects.
• Experience creating and executing test automation for biometric workflows and matching; tests will execute back‑end web‑services as the system does not have a UI.
• Ability to construct appropriate input test messages and expected outputs for a wide range of scenarios and automate their creation to accelerate delivery.
• Testing covering functional and non‑functional (performance/operability) aspects.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Additional Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply; this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

• Expertise in continuous integration and delivery practices.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies.
• Automation and scripting skills.
• Experience with test technologies including SOAP‑UI, JMeter, Jira, Zephyr, knowledge of XML and SOAP Web Services.