Senior/Executive Quality Engineer, Traffic & Road IT

About the role

This role sits within a team responsible for the quality and reliability of cloud-based software solutions, with a focus on AI-driven applications delivered in an agile environment. It combines hands-on technical work with a broader quality assurance remit, covering the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies and design reviews to testing, commissioning, documentation and post-deployment support.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, resilient and secure testing frameworks for cloud-based applications, promoting best practices in software quality, DevOps and continuous testing.
• Define and uphold coding and cybersecurity standards, and conduct code and design reviews.
• Work with stakeholders to validate technical requirements and assess architecture decisions from a quality and risk perspective.
• Contribute to technical feasibility studies and project planning, lead design reviews, oversee testing and commissioning, and produce documentation such as system operation and maintenance manuals.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to set testable, measurable system requirements and performance specifications.
• Manage user queries about the systems under your charge, supporting ongoing projects and post-deployment maintenance.

Required profile

• Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related degree, with at least 3 years of experience in software quality assurance, testing or a related discipline.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive, problem-solving approach and a strong sense of ownership.

Required skills

• Foundational understanding of functional, regression and integration testing.
• Basic ability to write test scripts in at least one language such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or Java.
• Familiarity with at least one test automation framework such as Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.
• Basic API testing with tools such as Postman.
• Advantageous: CI/CD pipelines (SHIP-HATS or equivalent), SQL, AWS or Azure, Docker, and knowledge of Government ICT policies and IM8 compliance standards.