Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
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Join a quality first engineering culture where automation drives everything. As our Senior SDET, you’ll report to the Head of QA and lead the design and delivery of scalable, reliable test automation across platforms. You’ll mentor developers, shape CI/CD processes, and champion best practices that raise the bar for quality across the board.
What you’ll be doing
Designing and maintaining robust automation frameworks
Driving CI/CD integration for automated testing
Writing and executing performance tests (K6/Grafana)
Mentoring developers and guiding QA best practices
Identifying automation opportunities across teams
Collaborating with engineering and product to improve test environments and data
Supporting adoption of automation tools and techniques
What we’re looking for
We don’t expect perfection, if you tick most of these boxes, we’d love to hear from you:
Proven experience in automation engineering
Strong JavaScript skills
Hands-on with Cypress, Cucumber, Gherkin
Familiar with CI/CD tools (ideally GitLab)
Experience with performance testing tools (K6, Grafana)
Comfortable with test management platforms (Xray)
Skilled in log/metric analysis (DataDog a plus)
Familiar with JIRA and defect tracking
Bonus: Appium experience
Here at Southern Lights, we strive to create an in...
- Location:
- Bristol
- Salary:
- £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
- Category:
- IT & Computers