Test Engineer - Salary £43,918 to £51,238 (dependent on experience)
HQ Southampton
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!
About the role
* 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
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
* Previous working 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
* Experienced 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
At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like
* An extra days’ leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Hybrid working
* Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
* We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
* Eyecare Vouchers
* OS Explorers Nursery discount
* Cycle to Work scheme
Location
We embrace a hybrid working model at OS. 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 of our roles require additional security clearance, including to 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 successful candidate to have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, OS is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position
Closing date: 22 March 2026 23:59pm
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that people may need 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 believe combining diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way.
We are looking for enthusiastic people from a range of backgrounds and 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