Senior Software Tester

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Spalding
Salary
Competitive
Posted
25 May 2021
Closes
22 Jun 2021
Sectors
IT, Testing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Title: Senior Software Tester
Type: Permanent
Location: Spalding
Salary/Rate: Up to GBP45,000 DOE
Job Reference: MW-2203
Job Description
Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Software Tester, this is a role in which you will contribute to and manage the team for the continuing advancement of our testing approach and will need an understanding of CI and automation, from a tester's perspective, and of relevant test-driven techniques. Advancing our automated / manual test capability will be a big part of the job.
You will need to be skilled at testing software in an Agile environment, understanding how to develop tests from requirements, and conducting exploratory tests.
The responsibilities of this role would include but are not limited to:
* Implementing and overseeing the creation of automated tests.
* Providing mentoring to new team members and other testers in the team as well as managing workloads.
* Creating and executing manual tests, e.g., for exploratory testing.
* Producing tests aligned to requirements in an Agile way, including, where required, production of scenarios, as a prelude to development.
* Testing across a wide variety of software: APIs, User Interfaces.
* Ensuring thorough coverage in the testing of new functionality.
* Design and development of automated test scenarios in frameworks like Cypress for the automation (with cucumber for defining the features / scenarios) and using BDD format using Gherkin syntax.
You will be a dedicated test engineer up to date on all the latest technologies, you will be comfortable working in a commercial development environment having worked to tight deadlines in previous positions, a proven problem solver who can add real value to our dedicated software team.
If you are passionate about quality and enjoy working in a friendly but challenging environment, then get in touch we would love to hear from you