The Test Engineer will report directly to our QA Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Supporting the overall Automated Testing process, maintaining the framework and supporting the other Test Engineers with their automated testing. You will also contribute to the Automated Regression packs with the tests you create. You will work directly with the Product Teams (Scrum Teams) to support their delivery, while also being part of the QA team and participating in our Community of Practice.

At this role level, you will:

• Identify and raise awareness of risks arising from the automation test results
• Identify new and implement existing test frameworks to improve confidence in testing
• Be proficient in a range of coding languages (you may be an expert in only one)
• Support the wider team to help improve maturity and capability
• Maintain the Automated Regression packs so they remain relevant
• Maintain the automation framework and pipelines to support rapid delivery
• Support Test Engineers to deliver automated test sets that can be incorporated into the wider pack
• Represent QA/Testing inside a Scrum Team, evaluating and owning appropriate tickets
• Evaluate Backlog Items for testability
• Support stakeholders in matters of automated testing to increase understanding
• Active participation in Agile Ceremonies and advocate for quality at every stage of the development lifecycle
• Report to QA Lead on progress and issues and escalate any issues that require it.

Skills and Experience Required

To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

Functional testing:

• Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Make decisions on the environment for testing, and can coach others
• Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity

Non-functional testing:

• Design and execute a wide range of non-functional testing techniques
• Communicate non-functional test results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Make decisions on running types of non-functional testing
• Coach and mentor others
• Identify defects, alert the business to them, and help to prioritise them based on defect severity

Technical breadth

• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of different tools and techniques, and can train others
• Advise others on testing techniques and frameworks
• Effectively research, plan and train others within the team

Test analysis

• Think creatively, ask the right questions and critically evaluate and communicate findings to a larger team
• Lead investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing processes
• Drive the collection of information and the creation of recommendations for improvements
• Absorb large amounts of conflicting information and use it to determine solutions

Skills required:

• Strong experience in Automation Testing Experience, with the ability to plan, design, script and execute tests
• Expertise and experience in Playwright using Typescript
• Creation and maintenance of Automation Frameworks
• Ability to script Automation tests at a code level, including aspects such as data matrices and cross-browser functionality
• Experience working as part of a Scrum Team within Agile methodology
• Ability to communicate with multiple levels of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical
• Testing Methodology certificate (ISTBA/ISEB, BCS, etc.) preferable.

About Us

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

• At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values: