354 - Software Test Engineer - Software House - North Leeds

Interface Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holidays + Bank Holidays

4.5% Non contributory Pension

4 x Life Assurance

Free Parking

Learning based environment

Expansion mode

Job summary

Interface Recruitment is seeking a proactive tester to join a small, agile team in North Leeds. You will test a legacy Adobe Flex application and a new HTML5 responsive product, using both manual and automated testing approaches.

You will collaborate with development and our existing tester to ensure quality and timely delivery, across desktop and mobile platforms, while contributing to testing governance and strategy.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience testing software in a software company.
• Experience with Agile development cycles is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of testing software, architecture and processes.

Responsibilities

• Test both an Adobe Flex (Flash) based application and a new HTML5 responsive product.
• Conduct manual and automated testing across desktop and mobile devices in an Agile environment.
• Support test governance and adapt testing strategy to meet business needs and growth.

Skills

Automated testing

Manual testing

Python

Mobile testing

Desktop testing

Tools

Jira

Selenium

Geist

NumPy

SQL

HTML

CSS

XML

Job description

Location

North Leeds

Salary

£TOTALLY NEG.

Benefits

• 25 days holidays + Bank Holidays
• 4.5% Non contributory Pension
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Free Parking
• Learning based environment
• Company is expansion mode

Company Culture

Supportive / Innovative / Open - "We pay a competitive salary in line with expected on-target earnings, we go to great pains to recruit talented people better than us, so we pay them well…..no need for commission, and the ultimate reward….…if you love what you do then it won’t feel like work”

Role

To test the business intelligence product.

We are a small team and we are looking for a motivated and proactive individual to work closely with our development team alongside our existing tester.

This is an active role working within an Agile environment requiring manual and automated testing techniques to fully test our web applications whilst shipping to market as quickly as possible

The successful candidate will be required to test both an Adobe Flex (Flash) based application and our new HTML5 Responsive product. The responsive web application provides the necessity for varied testing on many devices so will require desktop and mobile based testing.

This is an opportunity to be involved at a vital position in our product process. We are looking for a passionate individual who would like the ability to have real input into the success of our products and company.

The successful candidate would like to have input into test governance and adapting the testing strategy to align with business demands and growth of the development team.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join a rapidly growing software business.

Experience

2+ years experience of testing software with the responsibilities listed above within a software company. Any exposure to working within an Agile development cycle would be advantageous.

Knowledge

Strong working knowledge of testing software, architecture and processes.

Skills

• Essential: Automated/Manual testing experience, Python, Mobile and Desktop testing techniques.
• Desirable: Jira, Selenium (Web Driver), Geist, NumPy, SQL, HTML, CSS, XML
• Written communication, problem solving, time management/self-organisation and commercial awareness.
• Ability to pick up new skills quickly and to be able to work in a fast moving, demanding environment.