Role Overview
Centrica Technology is a core driver of how we deliver our strategy. You’ll join a team modernising our platforms, strengthening cyber and operational resilience, and advancing a product‑led way of working that brings engineers, data specialists and business experts together to deliver meaningful outcomes at pace.
We’re scaling automation and AI from proof‑of‑concept into real, end‑to‑end change – improving customer journeys, reducing cost‑to‑serve, accelerating delivery, and building the digital foundations that underpin everything from energy trading and risk to field operations and critical infrastructure.
If you want to work on complex, high‑impact problems using modern engineering practices, and help build reusable platforms that will shape how Centrica operates over the next decade, this is the place to do it.
Location
UK‑based hybrid role, occasional travel to site.
Day to Day
* Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test data for various software products and features.
* Perform manual and automated testing using various tools and frameworks.
* Support a team of software quality engineers.
* Provide technical guidance and feedback to developers and product managers.
* Communicate test results and status to stakeholders.
* Seek feedback from the teams and act on it.
What We Need From You
5+ years in software quality engineering with strong experience in automation, CI/CD and test strategy across complex platforms. Experience operating in agile and DevOps environments.
Strong capability in automated testing frameworks, non‑functional testing and quality risk assessment. Ability to define and embed test strategy and quality standards across teams.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
No mandatory certification required, though cloud platform certifications such as AWS are desirable.
* 2+ years of experience in leading or managing a team of software quality engineers or testers.
* Experience writing tests in JavaScript (required).
* Experience with various testing tools and frameworks such as Cypress, etc.
* Experience with various testing types such as functional, performance, accessibility, visual, etc.
* Experience with agile development methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.
* Attention to detail and quality‑oriented mindset.
* Experience writing and running API Testing.
* Experience of using Continuous Integration tools such as Azure DevOps.
* Test Automation experience – CI/CD frameworks.
Core Competencies & Technical Skills (AI and Emerging Technology)
Designs, integrates and operates AI‑enabled solutions within enterprise environments, including prompt‑driven workflows, retrieval‑augmented systems and AI agents.
Applies structured evaluation, testing and monitoring practices to ensure AI outputs are reliable, secure and compliant with organisational guardrails.
Prepares and manages data used in AI workflows and takes responsibility for the responsible lifecycle of AI features from experimentation through deployment and continuous improvement.
Core Behaviours
* Take Ownership
* Work as One Team
* Develop a Growth Mindset
* Strive to Innovate
* Champion Customers
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