Numiko

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Own quality engineering at Numiko. Overview You'll own quality engineering at Numiko, setting the strategy, building the automation framework, and acting as the most trusted QA voice across our Drupal powered client projects for universities, museums, and charities and more. Qualities Deeply knowledgeable about QA and generous in sharing that knowledge with developers, PMs, and leadership. Decisive, making sound, timely calls even with incomplete information, understanding broader project implications. Builder, energized by creating from scratch rather than maintaining established work. Comfortable working across disciplines, coaching developers, advising PMs, and influencing leadership. Resilient, calm under pressure, taking ownership of problems and avoiding passing responsibility. Core Responsibilities & Skills Hands on Playwright experience - page object models, fixtures, parallel execution, trace based debugging. (Essential) Automation framework design - building from scratch, test data strategies, environment configuration, retry and reporting patterns. (Essential) CI/CD & Tooling Configure automated test execution and quality gating within CI/CD pipelines. (Essential) Read and contribute to pipeline configuration written by others. (Essential) Familiarity with test reporting tools such as Allure or Playwright HTML reporter. (Desirable) Version control - Git, branching strategies, pull request workflows, synchronising test code with feature development. (Essential) Comfortable using AI tooling for code generation, test authoring, and defect triage, writing effective prompts and exercising critical judgment. (Essential) Backend & CMS Knowledge Familiar with Drupal or equivalent CMS - content types, views, user roles, permissions, and caching, to write tests that reflect real behaviour. (Desirable) Working knowledge of PHP to read and understand code under test. (Desirable) Experience testing RESTful APIs, including authentication flows and session handling. (Essential) Collaboration & Documentation Proficient in Jira or similar for issue tracking, workflow management, bug reporting, and testing progress communication. (Essential) Write and maintain clear, concise documentation to help developers, PMs, clients, and future team members. (Essential) Strong manual testing skills - exploratory testing, regression testing, validating complex user journeys alongside automated coverage. (Essential) Accessibility & Standards Understand WCAG 2.2 AA standards and test for compliance using automated tools and manual techniques. (Essential) Leadership & Process Senior SDET or QA lead experience, owning a testing discipline rather than contributing. (Essential) Define and communicate a quality strategy - test plans, coverage standards, risk based prioritisation across projects. (Essential) Nice to haves Performance testing experience (k6, Lighthouse CI) or automated accessibility tooling (axe core, Pa11y). Security testing experience. Agency or consultancy background. ISTQB Advanced certification. Benefits Salary: £55,000 £65,000, with great opportunities for progression. 30 days holiday, including birthday off. Generous work/life balance - expect to work in the office at least two days a week. Numikon Fund - a yearly budget for personal development or nice items.

Numiko is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to own quality engineering across Drupal powered client projects, including universities, museums and charities. You will set the strategy, build the automation framework, and act as the trusted QA voice while collaborating with developers, PMs and leadership. The role requires hands-on Playwright experience, automation framework design, CI/CD familiarity, and strong Git practices.