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Lead Engineer Hybrid – Newcastle/Leeds We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join the team. The Lead Engineer is a senior, hands-on technical leader driving engineering excellence and setting high coding, design, and delivery standards here at Parkdean Resorts. You’ll influence the technical direction of products, and ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with the wider IT strategy. What you will be doing: • Technical Leadership: Drive high-quality, maintainable coding and solution design. You’ll own technical design for key features and components, ensuring alignment with architectural standards. As well as providing hands-on expertise across C#, ASP.NET, React, Azure services, SQL Server, and integration patterns., • Team Management & Coaching: Line manage and mentor developers, fostering technical growth, confidence, and a collaborative engineering culture., • Collaboration & Delivery: Partner with Product, Delivery, Architecture, Test, DevOps, and Data teams to ensure robust, scalable, and high-quality releases., • Quality, Automation & DevOps: Champion automation across testing, build, deployment, and monitoring. &...

Lead Test Engineer Pay up to £90,267 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, choice of locations, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Lead Test Engineer to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital Payment Services (DPS) We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We are the UK's largest payer, making around £280 billion in payments every year, a third of all BACS traffic, to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? • Strong knowledge of QA and test methodologies, automation frameworks and tools, with hands-on experience embedding quality early in the development lifecycle., • Ability to manage and mentor QA and test teams, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement., • Expertise in integrating Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions and ensuring compliance with organisational standards., • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing governance boards and cross-functional teams., • Up-to-date understanding of QA best practices, emerging technologies and regulatory requirements and standards, • Proven experience in leading test and quality assurance strategies across complex digital services within large scale organisations. You and your role We're looking for someone to take the lead in shaping how we test and assure quality for Digital Payment Services. You'll make sure quality is built in from the start, whether we're creating solutions in house or working with top industry providers. Your role is about setting high standards, improving test frameworks and automation so we can deliver faster without losing quality. You'll inspire teams to embrace best practices, mentor talented QA engineers and be the go-to expert on testing and compliance. Collaboration is key, you'll work with internal teams and external partners to ensure everything integrates smoothly and is fully tested. You'll also track performance, manage defects and bring fresh ideas and new tech to keep us ahead of the game. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £90,267. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: • Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies, • Time off volunteering and charitable giving, • Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP', • Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more, • Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference, • Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. And we have an award-winning environment and culture: • DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards, • Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024, • Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025, • Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Job summary The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) is a new arm’s-length body set up, at unprecedented pace, to administer compensation to people whose lives have been impacted by the infected blood scandal. IBCA will ensure payment is made in recognition of the wrongs experienced by those who have been infected by HIV, Hepatitis B or C, as well as those who love and care for them. They have been frustrated and distressed by the delays in achieving proper recognition, and we must help put this right. We are committed to putting the infected and affected blood community at the centre of every decision we make and every step we take to build our organisation to deliver compensation payments. IBCA employees will be public servants. If successful in this role you will be appointed directly into IBCA, on IBCA terms and conditions as a public servant. Successful applicants will join the Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please note that the mission of IBCA means that it is likely to be operational for a period of approximately 5 to 7 years. When IBCA’s work begins to wind down, IBCA employees will receive support and practical guidance to find a new role, whether in the Civil Service, another Arms Length Body (ALB), or an external employer. Job description As a Senior Test Engineer, you will ensure that software and systems meet user needs, business requirements, and quality standards through effective test automation, performance testing, and continuous delivery practices. As a Senior Test Engineer, we are looking for experienced software testers in the team, to design and develop automated test suites based on functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring that solutions are delivered on time, and to a high level of quality. A hands-on professional responsible for every area of testing from performance and integration to accessibility and security. By contributing to and championing test engineering standards and automating continuous testing practices within CI/CD pipelines, you will ensure quality outcomes and reduce technical debt. You’ll be an expert voice in releasing value early and safely. You will need to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment, and utilise a wide range of testing techniques and communicate test results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You’ll work closely with developers, delivery managers, product owners, and other stakeholders to embed a quality-first culture and drive modern, scalable testing practices across your teams. Responsibilities As a Senior Test Engineer, you will: • Coordinate the end-to-end test strategy for major programmes or products, ensuring comprehensive coverage across functional, non-functional, performance, and security testing;, • Define and manage test environments, data management strategies, and quality metrics;, • Create and manage test strategies, and test plans across projects, developing high quality test cases that align with business and technical requirements;, • You will take a practical, hands-on approach to testing driving shift-left practices, creating and maintaining reliable automated test suites, and enabling teams to deliver quality through automation;, • Conduct and guide complex testing activities (integration, regression, performance, accessibility, UAT support);, • Develop, maintain, and optimise automated test frameworks and CI/CD integration;, • Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to embed testing throughout the delivery lifecycle;, • Identify and adopt improved methods and processes to strengthen quality and optimise delivery efficiency;, • Work with test lead to review test practices, support quality governance and risk management, ensuring alignment with service standards, accessibility, and security policies. Person specification Essential Criteria: • Experience of the full testing lifecycle with a proven track record as a QA/Test Engineer;, • Experience conducting testing activities in complex technical environments, ideally within large-scale or multi-system digital programmes;, • Implementing and managing test automation frameworks (e.g. Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured, or similar);, • Integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins);, • Designing and executing non-functional testing (e.g. performance, load, security, accessibility);, • Applying Agile and DevOps principles to testing, including TDD/BDD practices (e.g. Cucumber, Gherkin);, • Proven experience in designing, testing, or supporting solutions deployed in cloud environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP);, • Familiarity with containerisation and infrastructure-as-code (Docker, Terraform);, • Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and communicating technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences;, • Building, maintaining, and evolving test environments and test data management approaches;, • Experience in performance testing tools (e.g. Grafana K6, Gatling, JMeter);, • Experience working collaboratively within Agile Scrum teams, actively contributing to sprint ceremonies and ensuring robust, comprehensive test coverage;, • Experience applying risk-based testing to prioritise testing activities effectively;, • Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2) and security testing practices;, • Knowledge of government digital standards (GDS Service Standard, Technology Code of Practice); Additional information: A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance. Application Process: To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process, outlined below via the CS Jobs website. This should be completed no later than 23:55, 21st December 2025.

"At Klipboard we've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work." Klipboard provides specialist software, services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade – wherever they are in the world. With a unique depth of knowledge and experience in ERP/SaaS solutions, Klipboard has a wide range of clients includes wholesalers, distributors, merchants and retailers from small traders to multinational enterprises. Klipboard has offices in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Kenya and North America. We’re looking for a skilled and pragmatic L3 Software Support Engineer to join our global R&D group. Your primary mission is to investigate and triage complex customer-reported issues before they are routed to the core engineering workstream. You'll act as a first line of technical defence for our developers, ensuring only genuine software defects get raised for engineering effort. This role requires a deep understanding of our application stack, the ability to distinguish between software bugs and configuration/setup issues, and the confidence to work closely with support and engineering teams. Your work protects engineering capacity, reduces false positives, and improves the quality of inputs into the development cycle. Development Team Culture • Hybrid working pattern (3 office / 2 home), • Collaboration with Support, QA, and Development, • Emphasis on well-being and health & safety Key Responsibilities • Triage complex customer issues with a structured, investigative approach, • Analyse logs, database queries, and configurations to determine root causes, • Identify whether issues are bugs, user/configuration errors, or expected behaviour, • Provide clear, technical explanations and documentation for internal tracking, • Collaborate with Product and Support to ensure consistent customer messaging, • Reduce noise for developers by filtering out invalid bugs, • Reproduce and document verified defects clearly for developer intake, • Contribute to knowledge base articles and reusable diagnostic guides Core Technical Skills, Knowledge and Experience: • Understanding of the ERPOne application and its architectural components, • Exposure to KCML (our proprietary configuration language) or a willingness to learn, • Familiarity with DeJavu or similar test automation frameworks Problem Solving & Investigative Approach • A structured thinker with attention to detail, • Experience troubleshooting production systems, • Strong root cause analysis skills, • Comfortable creating or modifying automated tests in DeJavu to confirm defects or validate fixes Collaboration & Communication • Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, • Capable of translating technical findings into clear actions or non-issues, • Works well under ambiguity, quickly assessing unknowns Bonus Skills • Prior experience in L3 support or technical escalation teams, • Background in QA, support engineering, or consulting, • Knowledge of enterprise configuration practices Company Info You may also have seen from our recent posts that we are excited to begin sharing our new company name – Klipboard. Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) is becoming Klipboard and our new brand is designed to bring together our expertise across distribution, automotive, retail, rental, transport management, manufacturing, and field service management. We have offices based across the world and we are looking for talented individuals to join our growing teams. Due to our growth over the last few years it is an exciting time to join us as we enter our next chapter! At Klipboard we've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work." Equal Opportunities As a global company, we value and respect the diversity of our workforce, aiming to empower everyone to embrace each other's differences. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are integral to our company and culture. We recognize the benefits of a diverse workforce, where creativity and valuing differences enable us all to thrive and sparks innovation. If you require any help, adjustments and/or support during the interview and offer process then please advise our TA or HR team. Research shows that women and other underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet every listed requirement. However, we recognise that skills and experience come in many forms, and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every criterion. If you are passionate about this role and believe you have the right mindset and transferrable skills, we would love to hear from you! To all recruitment agencies: Klipboard does not accept agency speculative resumes. At present we only accept CV’s from Agencies on our PSL who have been assigned specific position/s. Please do not forward resumes to our careers site or direct to Klipboard employee as this does not constitute an introduction and Klipboard retrospectively will not be liable for any candidate ownership or fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Manchester/Newcastle) We're seeking an Automation Test Engineer to join a high-impact programme within a public sector organisation. This contract role is ideal for someone who excels in Building and delivering comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated test frameworks and automation suites in Go

We're seeking an Automation Test Engineer to join a high-impact programme within a public sector organisation. This contract role is ideal for someone who excels in Building and delivering comprehensive, robust, and reliable automated test frameworks and automation suites in Government or security-c