Graduate Software Tester

targetjobs UK; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Wellbeing programme

Life Assurance

Pension

Perks at Work

Hybrid working

Flexible holidays

IT equipment provided

On-site parking

Job summary

EDW Technology in Milton Keynes is seeking a Graduate Software Tester to join our Solution Delivery team. You will be involved in designing, developing, testing, and delivering great new features and improvements in an agile environment, helping the team champion, support, and evolve the product.

You will work with skilled engineers across disciplines on cloud and on‑premise platforms, gain exposure to API, web, and data testing, and grow in a supportive company that invests in its people and

Qualifications

• We are seeking graduates interested in scalable applications using modern tech on cloud and on-premise platforms.
• You will collaborate in a team and learn new technologies to help shape future software.
• You should want to understand energy retail and carbon management to build innovative solutions.
• You will communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deliver new features in an agile environment.
• Support and evolve products with the team and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines on energy software solutions.
• Contribute to API, Web, and data testing and verification.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Willingness to learn

Problem solving

Tools

Java

Groovy

SQL

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

Are you a tech-savvy individual ready to kickstart your career in the dynamic world of IT consulting? Do you possess a passion for problem-solving and a hunger for continuous learning? Look no further! We're on the lookout for a highly motivated Graduate Software Tester to join our thriving team in Milton Keynes.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated graduates who are keen to build a career in our Solution Delivery team working to create, enhance and support great products that are critical to our customers. In return, you will find a supportive and talented team to work with, in a company that respects, trusts, and invests in their employees.

As a Graduate Software Tester, you will benefit from remote and office based working, within a team of highly skilled engineers across various disciplines. You will be working in an agile scrum environment which adheres to scrum values, delivering significant change to our products. You will be directly involved in designing, developing, testing, and delivering great new features and improvements that the team is expected to champion, support, and evolve.

We are passionate about developing software applications that make a real difference in the energy market. We build platforms that provide pricing, billing, and supply management for large B2B Electricity suppliers, with business process automation, data analytics, and flexible integration architecture. Our energy and carbon management platform delivers great energy management tools with a mission to support customers to reduce energy consumption, analyse bills for cost recovery, and reduce emissions to support green initiatives and achieve net-zero ambitions.

We operate in a sector that is undergoing rapid change, with organisations aiming to reduce their carbon emissions and electricity suppliers seeking more innovative solutions for their customers. EDW Technology, as a UK leader in technology for the energy market, is ideally placed to help our customers adapt in this rapidly changing sector, as we move to a more sustainable future.

Graduate Software Tester Requirements

• You are interested in business critical, scalable applications using modern technologies, on a mixture of cloud and on-premise platforms.
• You collaborate well within a team and are motivated to learn new technologies and understand existing software platforms, so that you can help shape them in the future.
• You have a desire to learn and understand how energy retail and carbon management industries work, to help us build game-changing solutions.
• You have strong communication skills and are comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.

Benefits We Offer

• Languages/Specs: Java/Groovy, SQL, Swagger/OpenAPI
• Interfaces: Web, API, Messages/Events, DB
• Dev Lifecyle: Maven, GIT/BitBucket, Jira Cloud, Zephyr, ReadyAPI, jMeter
• Testing Types: API, Web, Security/PEN, Performance & Scalability, Thick Client, Integration, Automated, Compliance
• Command line: Linux shell/Bash

Graduate Software Tester Benefits

• £26,000 per annum
• Employee Ownership Profit Share bonus scheme (annual)
• Health cash plan including family cover
• Employee Wellbeing Programme
• Life Assurance
• Stakeholder Pension
• Perks at Work Shopping Discounts
• Home office IT equipment provided
• Hybrid Working – home and office-based role
• Flexible holidays
• Cycle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Company funded social events and team building
• Free on-site parking
• Relaxed office dress code

About Us

EDW Technology, established in 1995, is an innovative IT company specialising in the energy sector. Having acquired TEAM Energy in 2017, a company specialising in energy management software and services, we are well placed to become a leading software and service provider in our related sectors of energy retail and energy management.

In 2019 we moved into employee ownership, meaning that all our employees share in the success of our business through a profit share scheme.

Our vision is to help all our customers contribute to the delivery of the UK's net zero objectives by delivering products and services that enable successful and optimal carbon and energy management.

To be considered for this role, you must have eligibility to work in the UK without sponsorship.