Test Engineer

Overview

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Test Engineer - Salary £43,918 to £51,238 (dependent on experience)

HQ Southampton

Nature Permanent

Our growing Technology team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the forefront of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

Join us and you will have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they could not have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

Join our Dynamic Technology Team

This role will be based within an agile team responsible for the continuous development of cloud-based web applications within the OS Web Estate and supporting back-end infrastructure including API microservices, logging & reporting platforms, and data publication. Ordnance Survey has a testing community of 70+ test professionals that support each other with regular sessions on test related topics, tools, and techniques - be a part of it!

Responsibilities

• Extend automated tests using our existing frameworks, and get involved in the creation of new frameworks where required
• Focus on both front-end and API testing to ensure seamless user experience and functionality
• Contribute your testing expertise into agile team ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups
• Clearly communicate software risks & test outcomes with the team, team lead, project manager & test lead
• Provide expertise with performance testing of our systems
• Support the Ordnance Survey Testing Community, with common standards such as metrics and use of test tools
• Employment in this role is conditional upon eligibility for, and approval of, SC level security clearance

Technologies

Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use

• Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, RESTAssured, BrowserStack, Bruno, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps (sprint backlogs, pipelines, test plans), GIT, YAML, JSON, Snyk/Probely, JMeter

What We’re Looking For

• Highly skilled in creating, maintaining and peer reviewing test automation code in Java
• Experience supporting, contributing to and enhancing Java-based Selenium test frameworks
• Strong API test automation skills utilising Bruno and Java RESTAssured
• Experience with BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) software development methodology
• Excellent knowledge and skills in software testing & industry best practices
• Working experience with Agile Scrum, collaborating with the team for backlog refinement and ability to estimate testing activities for sprint planning
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices, and how they relate to test
• Proficiency with non-functional testing, such as performance & accessibility
• Experience with the management of defects, identifying, debugging, and working with the team to resolve them

The Rewards

We want you to love what you do. That is why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Check out how we support and invest in our employees by clicking here.

• Salary – £43,918 to £51,238 (dependent on experience)
• Performance related bonus up to 10%
• A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)
• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining additional to bank holidays (3 taking over Christmas)
• Paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Free subscription to OS Maps
• Access to online learning platforms
• Coaching and Mentoring schemes
• Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits

Health & Wellbeing

OS provides health and wellbeing benefits, including:

• An extra day’s leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Hybrid working
• Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
• Flexible working considerations dependent on the role
• Eyecare Vouchers
• OS Explorers Nursery discount
• Cycle to Work scheme

Location

We embrace a hybrid working model. We have a fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire where you will be required to split your time evenly – 50% in HQ and 50% working remotely.

Security

OS conducts DBS background checks for all joiners and some roles require additional security clearance, including SC or DV level in some cases. Additional security vetting is required for this role and must be completed prior to your start date.

This role requires the right to work in the UK at the time of application. OS is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Closing date

22 March 2026 23:59

We are happy to consider reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during the application process.

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together – in an encouraging and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.

We’re individually talented and collectively powerful, and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

Skills Required For This Role

Analysis, Computer Coding, Computer Programming, Delivery Methodologies, Software Components, Software Development, Software Engineering, Technical Support, Testing

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