Software Engineer in Test

In this role, you will shape the quality bar at Darktrace by designing and maintaining automated test frameworks that span API, UI, and integration layers. You’ll integrate tests into CI/CD and work with product and engineering teams to push shift-left testing. Your work directly influences software reliability, performance, and security, helping deliver scalable protection across digital estates. This is a hands-on opportunity to build tooling, break systems intelligently, and raise engineering standards.

• 23 days’ holiday + public holidays
• birthday off
• private medical insurance
• life insurance 4x base salary
• salary sacrifice pension
• enhanced family leave`,`Employee Assistance Program','Cycle to work scheme

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks across API, UI, integration, and regression layers
• Develop scalable, reliable automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with engineers to implement shift-left testing practices and improve code quality
• Identify, document, and track defects with clear steps and technical insight
• Analyse test results and failures to provide actionable feedback to engineering teams
• Contribute to test strategy including test data management and environment optimisation
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Support performance, load, and security testing where required

• Strong hands-on experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, pytest, or similar
• Proficiency in at least one language: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python, or Rust
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies, test levels, and best practices
• Experience testing APIs using tools like Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerised environments (desirable)
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• A collaborative, team-first mindset with a passion for improving engineering quality

• collaborative mindset
• strong debugging and analytical abilities
• team-first attitude
• Cypress
• Playwright
• pytest