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Software Development Engineer in Test
£70,000 - 80,000
Uniting People
New Broad Street 35, London
£70,000 - 80,000
Requirements
Must:
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test with the following qualifications:
- 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, including large-scale backend systems or platform engineering.
- Expertise in Python, with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming, testing frameworks, and automation libraries.
- Experience in building or validating platform infrastructure, with knowledge of CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Solid experience with AWS services, including Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, Step Functions, and CloudWatch.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to manage and provision cloud infrastructure.
- A strong understanding of software engineering best practices such as code quality, reliability, performance optimization, and observability.
- Preferred qualifications include exposure to machine learning workflows, model lifecycle management, or data engineering platforms, as well as experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and big data platforms. Familiarity with banking or financial domain use cases, including data governance and compliance-focused development, is a plus, along with knowledge of platform security, monitoring, and resilient architecture patterns.
Responsibilities
In this role, I will expect you to:
- Design and build high-performance tools and services to validate the reliability, performance, and correctness of ML data pipelines and AI infrastructure.
- Develop platform-level test solutions and automation frameworks using Python, Terraform, and modern cloud-native practices.
- Contribute to our platform’s CI/CD pipeline by integrating automated testing, resilience checks, and observability hooks at each stage.
- Lead initiatives that enhance testability, platform resilience, and validation as code across all layers of the ML platform stack.
- Collaborate with engineering, MLOps, and infrastructure teams to embed quality engineering into platform components.
- Build reusable components that support scalability, modularity, and self-service quality tooling.
- Mentor junior engineers and influence technical standards across our Test Engineering Program.
Description
This position offers a full-time salary range of £70k - £80k or a contract option at £450 - £500 per day, inside IR35. Please note that this role requires you to be onsite for five days a week. If you meet the qualifications and are motivated to be a part of an innovative team, we would love to hear from you.
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