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From the employer's careers site First seen 15 Nov 2026

Senior Test Engineer – Automation and Non-Functional Testing (AWS / Performance)

Salary

£44,700-£57,300 per year

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Description

We are looking for a Senior Test Engineer with approximately 10 years of overall software testing experience, including 2–4 years of hands-on experience in non-functional testing and test automation. You will design automated test suites, execute performance and load tests, and build synthetic monitoring solutions within an AWS environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage the Non-Functional Test Phase, including planning, coordinating test execution, monitoring progress, managing risks and defects, and reporting outcomes and test closure.
  • Lead Performance & Non-Functional Testing, designing, scripting, and executing load, stress, endurance, and spike tests using Apache JMeter.
  • Drive Test Automation, building, maintaining, and enhancing automated functional and API test frameworks.
  • Own Synthetic Monitoring, designing, deploying, and managing automated synthetic checks using Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics.
  • Observability & Metrics, building and maintaining clear, real-time dashboards in Grafana and AWS CloudWatch.
  • Technical Leadership & Collaboration, acting as the quality champion within Agile ceremonies and mentoring junior testers.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Proven hands-on experience in software testing, non-functional/performance testing, and test automation.
  • Demonstrated experience leading testing efforts, defining test plans, and communicating risks.
  • Strong practical skills in Apache JMeter, AWS Cloud Ecosystem, and monitoring tools.
  • Proficiency in writing maintainable automated UI or API tests using modern frameworks.
  • Experience embedding automated and performance test suites into CI/CD workflows.

Desirable Skills:

  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
  • Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Exposure to other performance or APM tools.
  • Experience testing microservices and event-driven architectures.

What we do for you:

  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 33 days Annual Leave
  • Access to Flexible benefits
  • Flexi-Time Working

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Skills

Required

  • Apache JMeter
  • AWS Cloud Ecosystem
  • Grafana
  • CloudWatch
  • Python
  • Java
  • TypeScript/JavaScript
  • Playwright
  • Cypress
  • Selenium
  • RestAssured
  • PyTest

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