Automation Tester

Rebel Recruitment Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company is seeking an Automation Software Tester to establish a new testing department in Derbyshire. This role requires extensive experience in manual and automation testing, with responsibilities for mentoring others and developing automation frameworks. An ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment and be eager to drive forward the automation strategy.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in manual testing and test automation.
• Experience with .Net or JavaScript programming languages.
• Skilled in writing automation frameworks and improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a new automation testing department.
• Mentor and guide a small team of manual testers in automation.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to understand automation needs.

Skills

Manual testing

Test automation

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Selenium

NUnit

MSTest

POSTMAN

Swagger

Job description

Role: Automation Software Tester

Location: Derbyshire

Working Arrangement: Once a week / fortnight in the office

Salary: Up to GBP60k + benefits

Are you looking for a clean slate? Do you want to be able to come in and put your own stamp on the role? Would you relish the opportunity to pave the way forward for a brand-new automation testing department? If so, read on this could be the perfect role for you .

You will be the first Automation tester to join the business, and they are happy to take your guidance on what tech should be used within the business. You will have extensive experience in the following -

Manual testing and test automation.

Experience using programming languages such as .Net or JavaScript.

Experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, NUnit, MSTest, POSTMAN, Swagger or similar.

Communication and collaboration will be your middle name as you will be liaising with multiple departments across the business to understand what they want from an automation perspective. You will be fully responsible for the writing of automation frameworks and updating these, as well as being responsible for constantly improving their processes and frameworks.

You will be joining a small team of manual testers and will be their go to for advice. You will be able to develop and mentor the team in automation testing as they are looking to move forward and automate as many of the test practices across the business as possible.

This is a great chance to have your voice heard and to actually take the lead and drive automation forward in the business. You will be working within a small but friendly team. They would ideally like someone to be based in the office once a week, however there is flexibility around this.

If this sounds like the role for you, please get in touch.

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