Job Description

SDET – Shape the Future of Quality Engineering at Protect Line

Job Title: Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Reports to: Head of Technical Development
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000
Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Remote – with occasional travel to Bournemouth and Edinburgh

Are you an SDET who thrives on ensuring quality, solving complex problems, and building automated solutions that make teams faster, better, and more reliable? Do you enjoy the balance of hands-on functional testing paired with technical engineering work? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

At Protect Line, we’re not just a life insurance broker—we’re innovators redefining how technology powers our business. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate, forward-thinking team where your expertise will directly shape product quality and help create a stronger, more efficient development culture.

Investing in Our People to Protect Yours - At Protect Line, we believe that investing in every employee provides a platform for opportunity and growth. Helping people become the best version of themselves is key to delivering an exceptional service that stands out for its authentic care and trust. We view protection as a promise for the future, focusing on keeping our promises, so you can keep yours.

Our Values:
Care, Collaborate, Dare, and Deliver aren’t just words on a wall—they guide our actions, define how we interact with each other, and shape the way we serve our customers.

As an SDET, you will be:

• Conducting hands-on functional testing to ensure new features meet requirements and deliver the right outcomes.
• Clearly documenting results, raising issues with clarity and precision, and helping maintain high quality standards.
• Working closely with developers to identify gaps, edge cases, and opportunities to strengthen quality.
• Championing strong QA practices and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Designing and implementing automation capability from the ground up, including:
  • A scalable automation framework
  • A core regression suite
  • Supporting disciplines such as performance, integration, and load testing
• Playing a central role in building structured acceptance criteria and ensuring requirements are well-defined.

What Makes You Shine:

• Strong understanding of test frameworks, ideally following a Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) approach.
• Solid understanding of PHP development and experience integrating automation frameworks such as Playwright or Behat.
• Ability to analyse requirements and collaborate with the team to create clear, actionable acceptance criteria.

Advantageous but by no means essential:

• Strong awareness of UX principles and accessibility.
• Experience integrating third-party platforms such as BrowserStack.
• Experience working with the Symfony PHP framework.
• Familiarity with GIT version control and associated best practices.
• Background working in a fast-paced Agile environment.

What We Offer?

• Enhanced Family Leave: Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and surrogacy packages offer substantial support during those important life changes.
• Flexible Time Off: Holiday entitlement raising on length of service as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave or convert unused days into extra pay! Plus, take paid leave for appointments, emergencies, or any of life’s surprises
• Celebrate Life: Enjoy extra paid days off for birthdays, weddings, new home purchases, and your child’s first birthday.
• Professional Benefits Scheme: Tailored rewards for technical and professional support staff, including training allowances, desk support packages, wellbeing support and car allowances. It’s designed to support your growth, enhance your work environment, and acknowledge your vital contribution to Protect Line’s success.
• Temporary Remote Working: Experience exciting opportunities to work from different locations, including abroad.
• Paid Charity Work: Make a difference with our 'Day to Make a Difference' initiative, giving you one paid day off a year to engage in meaningful charity work.
• Epic Company Events: Our Summer and Christmas parties are legendary—get ready to join the fun!
• Sabbatical Opportunities: After 15 years of service, enjoy 4 weeks of paid leave to explore, learn, or recharge.
• Refer & Earn: Bring a friend onboard and pocket £1,500 for each successful hire!
• Perks Galore From eye care vouchers to retailer discounts, enjoy a variety of benefits.
• Secure Your Future Benefit from our pension scheme, death in service benefits, and more

So come and join our extraordinary team of customer champions who are all about doing the right thing in every way imaginable. We don't settle for ordinary; we strive for extraordinary! So, if you're someone who loves turning good outcomes into incredible ones, then get ready for an exhilarating adventure with us!

At Protect Line, we believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion. We're proud to be a place where anyone with any background or experience can flourish. Come see for yourself and be part of something amazing!

Whilst we would love to be able to respond to every application we receive, it isn’t always possible due to the high volume we receive each day. If you have not heard from us within 7 working days, please assume that your application has not been successful.

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