Junior Software Tester

As our business continues to grow, we now have the opportunity for a Software Tester to join our highly skilled in-house Agile Scrum Team.

You'll work with emerging technologies and play a key role in a number of exciting projects. Working within a supportive team, you‘ll be assisting in the quality assurance of both our existing and new software solutions. You’ll also help to continue best practice for testing and learn to create and complete automated regression testing suites.

What you’ll be doing:

• Translating requirements, defining and completing functional test suites, cases and steps
• Writing automated regression tests across our product set
• Assist in developing our continuous deployment and integration framework
• Supporting our end users to document and complete User Acceptance Testing
• Contributing to daily stand-ups, collaborative planning and sprint retrospective meetings
• Assisting in the migration of our on-premise infrastructure to the cloud

What we need from you:

• At least one year of commercial experience in a similar role
• A logical and analytical mind with natural problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively
• Some experience in the following skills would be beneficial:
• Manual Functional Testing to Acceptance Criteria
• Selenium (or similar)
• C# (or similar)
• Azure DevOps
• Exploratory & Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• Performance Testing

Overview of your Training Plan

Phase One

• Integration to the Agile Software Development Team and Scrum Practices
• Overview and foundational knowledge of our core product suites
• Familiarisation with our in-house development and testing processes

Phase Two

• Supported manual testing of more complex requirements
• Bug testing
• Document Test Suites and Test Cases
• Start to write new and modify existing automated UI tests
• Create and manage own pull requests
• Provide feedback and steer developers to ensure Acceptance Criteria is met

Phase Three

• API and Integration Testing
• Build Testing Frameworks for new projects
• Liaise with Stakeholders and manage User Acceptance Testing across the business

What we’ll give you:

As well as a competitive salary, generous holiday allowance and enhanced matched Company Pension scheme, we offer a variety of other benefits including:

• Training and development — We recognise personal strengths by tailoring training and development to each employee, giving them the tools to build a rewarding and progressive career
• Private medical insurance — We offer access to comprehensive private healthcare as well as an integrated wellness programme, proactively supporting our people’s overall health and wellbeing
• Mental health support — We support mental health awareness with access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, training, and courses on wellbeing and building personal resilience
• Hybrid working — Once established, we offer the option to work from home two days a week
• Financial health — To ensure you’re protected when you need to be, we offer schemes such as Income Protection and Life Assurance. We also offer discounts on cinema tickets, days out and more!
• Social events — One way of saying ‘thank you’ is through our annual get-togethers, including the summer and winter parties, where our people have a fantastic time catching up. Check out our Careers blog to find out more!
• Looking after our planet — We help our people reduce their carbon footprint through our Electric Vehicle Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Giving back to the wider community — Each year, we encourage our employees to take part in a fundraising challenge of their choice and reward their efforts with significant sponsorship through our Community Fund
• Office space — Our modern, refurbished office space has free on-site parking and brand-new recreational space. If you’re the competitive type, how about a lunchtime game of pool or table tennis?

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, giving the assurance that our recruitment process and progression opportunities are inclusive and accessible for all.

If you have a passion for technology, some development or scripting experience and a desire to learn skills to support automated testing, apply today!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ferndown: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location