Senior software test engineer Work, Jobs in Birmingham, Wmd (with Salaries)

Senior Software Engineer
Government Commercial Agency —Birmingham
- £59,877 - £66,869 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- APIs
- AI
- Annual leave
- Work from home
7d
Senior Technology Specialist
Armac Martin —Birmingham
- £45,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- SQL
- APIs
- In-person
- Free parking
- Paid training
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6d
Senior Test Engineer
DRPG —Kidderminster
- Hybrid work
- Java
- JavaScript
- APIs
Flutter Tech Lead (Contract)
Instil —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
12d
Mid-Career Mechanical/Project Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace —Redditch
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Assembly
- Bachelor's degree
- Work from home
Senior Civil Designer - Transmission & Distribution (Multiple Locations, UK)
Burns & McDonnell —Birmingham
- Full-time
- AutoCAD
- CAD
- Engineering
Software Engineer
Low Carbon Contracts Company —Birmingham
- £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Quick apply
11d
Senior Engineer (Postgres)
Coventry Building Society —Coventry
- £47,600 - £60,000 a year
- Overtime
- Oracle
- SQL
- Software development
Flutter Tech Lead (Contract)
Instil Software Ltd —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
12d
Graduate Software Engineer
MiTek Industries Ltd (UK) —Worcester
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- DevOps
- Profit sharing
- Annual leave
Quick apply
10d
Senior Audio Systems Engineer
Northbridge Audio Technologies Ltd —Birmingham
- £55,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Schematics
- Laboratory experience
- English
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Flexitime
Quick apply
18h
Senior Data Cabling Engineer (Birmingham)
Talkwire —Birmingham
- £34,500 - £38,500 a year
- Overtime
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- Travel
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Employee discount
Quick apply
17h
Powertrain Test Engineer
ALTEN —Coventry
- Full-time
- Military
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Quick apply
14d
Validation & Test Engineer
Minerva Defence —Worcester
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Data analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
Quick apply
4d
Principal Systems Engineer
Collins Aerospace —Solihull
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
3d
Senior Applied AI Engineer – Prompting & Evaluation
KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS CORP —Bromsgrove
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- Master's degree
- Travel
Quick apply
Applied AI Engineer – Prompting & Evaluation
KERRIDGE COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS CORP —Bromsgrove
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- Master's degree
- APIs
Quick apply
VP Engineering
LRQA group —Chelmsley Wood
- AI
- Leadership
9d
Solution Director: Engineering
AND Digital —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- APIs
- AI
- Leadership
Quick apply
Sr. Functional Safety Engineer
Dana Incorporated —Nuneaton
- Engineering
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
11d

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Senior Software Engineer

Government Commercial Agency -
Birmingham

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£59,877 - £66,869 a year
7 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Work from home

Qualifications

Law
Test-driven development
Information security
Presentation skills
UML
APIs
AI
Leadership
Python

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Reference number

470186

Salary

£59,877 - £66,869

(plus allowance up to £9,000 per annum depending on technical assessment)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Band 5

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

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Location

Birmingham, Liverpool, Newport (Gwent), Norwich

About the job

Job summary

Insight into GCA - Webinar

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Call to action

Are you ready to use your Software Engineering skills to untangle complex data bottlenecks and build the high-performance apps that powers our nation's most critical public services? Are you ready to look beyond ordinary code and engineer resilient systems that helps our nations digital infrastructure and improve the daily lives of millions?

Job description

Job Summary

In this role, you will join a cross-functional squad of four engineers working within a high-trust, ego-free engineering culture where we process over £2 Billion in annual procurement for critical public services. Operating with a continuous-deployment mindset, our mission is to build robust, intelligent platforms that optimize national spending and deliver tangible value to the nation. We favor "strong opinions, weakly held," peer code reviews, and an open environment where diverse perspectives and honest feedback are the foundation for delivering exceptional software.

Key Accountabilities:

Feature Delivery: Own the design, build, and deployment of scalable features for our core procurement platform.
System Reliability: Take accountability for the performance and security of systems processing high-volume public sector data.
AI Tooling Adoption: Lead the practical integration of Agentic AI coding practices into our team's daily development workflow
Write and Review Code: Ship clean, secure, and well-tested code while participating in constructive peer reviews.
Coach and Mentor: Guide fellow team members, sharing technical knowledge and supporting their development through regular, honest feedback and pair programming.
Collaborate Across Functions: Work closely with product managers and UX designers to translate complex public sector needs into technical solutions.
Improve Practices: Champion high engineering standards, from refining our CI/CD pipelines to minimizing technical debt.

Person specification

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):

Python Expert: Extensive experience in backend software engineering with Python.
Claude Code Experience: Practical experience adopting and integrating Agentic AI coding practices (such as Claude Code) and LLM workflows into daily development to improve workflow efficiency while managing token consumption and API costs.
UML Modeling Experience: Proven capability in translating high-level architecture into detailed low-level designs using UML modeling techniques, such as sequence, class, or component diagrams, to align engineering squads and mitigate technical risk.
SOLID Craftsmanship: Deep understanding of clean code and SOLID principles, with a demonstrated ability to practically apply these standards during peer code reviews to spot design anti-patterns and improve system reliability.
Test-Driven Expert: Advanced expertise in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and structuring robust unit and integration tests to ensure that high-volume microservices can be safely and continuously deployed without risking production downtime.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Information security
Modern development standards
Systems design (Lead Success Profile - to be assessed via test, during interview)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,877, Government Commercial Agency contributes £17,346 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Valuing our people:

Competitive salary
Generous pension scheme
A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact [email protected]

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes

GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Selection Process

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact [email protected].

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

The Lead Success profile is Systems design to be assessed via test, during interview.

#GCAIND

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Recruitment team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance.
If you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at [email protected]

https://www.gca.gov.uk/careers-with-gca

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