Lead Tester

Danaher; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

IDBS, a leading company in cloud-based software solutions for BioPharma, seeks a Lead Tester in Woking. The role involves leading testing efforts within Agile teams, developing strategies, and mentoring junior staff to ensure high quality in software delivery. This position offers the flexibility of part-time remote work arrangements alongside in-office duties.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in both manual and automated testing required.
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures and CI/CD processes.
• Excellent communication skills for diverse team interactions.

Responsibilities

• Implementing testing strategies within Agile teams.
• Mentoring and supporting junior test engineers.
• Creating reliable and verifiable test artifacts for continuous delivery.

Skills

Manual Testing

Automated Testing

Agile Methodology

Communication

Education

ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

IDBS helps BioPharma organizations unlock the potential of AI/ML to improve the lives of patients. As a trusted long-term partner to 80% of the top 20 global BioPharma companies1, IDBS delivers powerful cloud software and services specifically designed to meet the evolving needs of the BioPharma sector.

IDBS, a Danaher company, leverages 35 years of scientific informatics expertise to help organizations design, execute and orchestrate processes, manage, contextualize and structure data and gain valuable insights throughout the product lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing. Known for its signature IDBS E-WorkBook software, IDBS has extended its flexible, scalable solutions to the IDBS Polar and PIMS cloud platforms to help scientists make smarter decisions with assured confidence in both GxP and non-GxP environments.

Do you want to work in an agile scrum team with other experienced software engineers and testers, sharing responsibility for creating high quality enterprise software? Do you enjoy working in cloud-based technologies using an automation first approach, helping to build high quality next-generation, market leading research process and data management software?

We are currently seeking a Lead Tester to join our team in Woking, leading the testing within a feature team, combining both leadership with active day-to-day involvement in the work of the feature team, and helping the team deliver, via a rigorous quality process, highly impacting cloud-based software as a SaaS solution.

What we’ll get you doing:

• Working within an Agile team to implement testing strategy, within the scope of a product, ensuring alignment with product goals and departmental quality standards
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment, with a focus on mentoring and supporting test engineers. Promote best practices in testing and contribute to the professional growth of team members. Actively participating in testing activities including both manual and automated test executions, ensuring creation of reliable, repeatable and verifiable test artifacts that support continuous delivery.
• Collaborate with Lead Testers from other feature teams to identify, share and champion improvements in testing and delivery practices
• Proactively developing your skills, identifying areas for improvement that align with company strategy and your own career aspirations and undertaking required training activities.

Here is what success in this role looks like:

• You can identify and implement testing strategy at a product level, assessing product and project risks, incorporating industry knowledge, allowing you to support the team to meet agreed delivery schedules.
• You will have hands on experience of software testing, both manual and automated, and a desire to deliver high quality software, allowing you to create thorough and repeatable test plans for new features, helping to find issues that our customers care about.
• You have tested both web and multi-tiered backend applications that follow a cloud-based distributed architecture
• You will have worked in an agile development team environment, contributing to team processes, and identifying and champion improvements
• You will be an excellent communicator, capable of building and maintaining successful working relationships at all levels, presenting both technical and non-technical information.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing (or equivalent) qualification, but we’re open to finding someone passionate about testing and looking for their next opportunity within the industry.
• A background and interest in Science, due to the nature of our software.
• integrating testing within a CI/CD process, i.e. Jenkins

At IDBS we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a flexible work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home. Additional information about this work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDBS can provide.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

About the company

Danaher Corporation is an American globally diversified conglomerate with its headquarters in Washington, DC.

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