At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain scalable automated testing solutions while providing technical leadership across test frameworks.
- Company: Ocho is partnering with a client to fill this senior SET Architect role in a modern engineering function.
- Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid working model and exposure to modern tooling and cloud-native delivery practices.
- Other info: This role operates within a continuous delivery environment.
- Why this job: Influence engineering quality strategy at scale within a collaborative engineering culture.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in designing scalable automation frameworks and a degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Ocho is delighted to be working on behalf of our client to appoint a SET Architect to join a modern engineering function operating within a continuous delivery environment. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on shaping test architecture, automation strategy and engineering quality standards across a large-scale technology environment.
You will take ownership of strategic test frameworks, influence engineering best practice and work closely with architects, developers and release teams to build scalable, high-quality automated testing solutions.
Key Responsibilities- Provide technical leadership across test frameworks, automation strategy and testing methodologies
- Design, build and maintain scalable automated testing solutions
- Drive the adoption of modern testing tools, frameworks and engineering practices
- Analyse automation requirements, monitor test outcomes and improve reporting visibility
- Embed testability throughout the software development lifecycle
- Partner with Development Architects, Product Architects and Engineering teams to improve test coverage and delivery quality
- Develop testing solutions across unit, component, integration, acceptance and non-functional testing
- Identify tooling and process improvements while championing engineering standards and best practice
- Strong commercial experience designing scalable automation frameworks
- Deep understanding of testing methodologies and modern software engineering principles
- Experience with design patterns, refactoring and object-oriented design
- Passion for software testing and delivering high-quality engineering solutions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to influence technical direction and work independently across complex challenges
- Experience operating within agile, continuous delivery environments
- Degree qualified in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent commercial experience
- Opportunity to influence engineering quality strategy at scale
- Exposure to modern tooling and cloud-native delivery practices
- Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical leadership
- Hybrid working model and competitive package
SET Architect in Belfast employer: Ocho People
Join a forward-thinking team that values technical leadership and innovation. The role offers a competitive package and the chance to work in a hybrid model. Ocho's client is committed to embedding testability throughout the software development lifecycle.
