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Senior SDET / Quality Engineering Specialist

UK💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-17 → 2026-08-07

Core

Define standards for automated testing across Java microservices and Python-based AWS Lambda functions to ensure quality in a trunk-based development workflow.

Role type

Senior SDET / Quality Engineering Specialist

Builds

Robust microservices testing strategy covering unit, component, contract, and end-to-end tests; reliable CI/CD pipelines.

Domain

Financial markets infrastructure / Cloud-native microservices

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Java development, test automation, microservices testing strategies, AWS Lambda, CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), observability (distributed tracing), fault injection testing

Preferred skills

Performance testing large distributed applications, UI testing (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright), service mesh, circuit breakers, Localstack, Pact, Rest-Assured, Mockito

Technologies

Java, Python, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pact, Rest-Assured, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Podman, Dev Containers, JUnit, Mockito, Localstack

Responsibilities

Enable teams to maintain a robust microservices testing strategy; Support engineers in running containerised services locally; Collaborate with developers to embed quality early and enhance CI/CD pipelines.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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