Software Systems Tester

The Opportunity

• The role is for an software systems tester to contribute to the design and quality control of our products and services.
• You will contribute to the team and to our ongoing success in developing quality solutions for our clients.
• Your value contribution will include influence over the technologies and the testing of our products.

The Candidate

• Someone with a passion for Software Testing.
• Someone with a good cultural fit and who aspires to the same outcomes as us.
• An autonomous self-driven individual who excels at getting the right things done.
• A technically sound approach is essential, but so too is an open-minded willingness to learn, teach, innovate and create.
• The role requires a mature quality assurance engineer who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic in the craft of software testing and validation and takes utmost pride in their work.

Skills

Essential

• Experienced and proficient in manual software testing and producing defect and incident reports.
• Experienced at producing and documenting test plans and executing against those.

Advantage

• Postman experience calling REST APIs.
• Any automated testing framework such as Selenium or Cypress.
• Direct experience in working with Open Banking / Open Data protocols and services.
• Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Azure Cloud Services.
• Knowledge and experience of DevOps techniques, including CI / CD.

Ideal Qualifications

• You will have a diploma in any software or related discipline.
• You will have completed and attained one or more certifications in the field of quality assurance.
• You may have a testing qualification such as ISTQB or TTA/ISEB

How we work

• Our culture is underpinned by mutual respect, openness and fairness.
• We like to challenge ourselves to think differently.
• A willingness to debate viewpoints leading to the best presented argument being adopted.
• Trust is the vital currency of our success.

Experience

• 4 years or more of software quality assurance experience.
• A demonstrable track record of adding value to software solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities

Your roles and responsibilities will include inter alia the following:

• Design, build, and maintain test plans for the software stack.
• Document and record issues and defects.
• Develop solutions to improve the overall testing within the company and contribute to the body of knowledge.
• Assist in the building of automated test cases and test recipes.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate these issues.

Qualities

Amongst others your key qualities should include:

• Positive attitude
• Quick learning ability
• Problem solver and analytical thinker
• Good team player
• Good communication skills
• Time and task management
• Takes initiative