QA Software Tester - Agile and Manual Testing

Keystone Property Finance; West Malling; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Keystone Property Finance is seeking a highly motivated IT tester to join our team. You will focus on ensuring software quality across development cycles, with experience in manual testing, test planning, test case creation, and defect management.

The role involves working in an Agile environment, contributing to UAT, coordinating with developers, analysts, and stakeholders, and supporting test documentation. The role is predominantly office-based with one day a week from home after probation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software testing, particularly manual testing.
• Experience creating test plans, test cases, and defect reports.
• Experience with Agile/ Scrum delivery environments is beneficial.
• Familiarity with UAT and defect tracking.
• ISTQB CTFL or BCS testing qualification is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Reading and understanding User Stories and Technical Design Documents.
• Identify the test scope, create test plans and test cases.
• Execute test cases, document defects and liaise with developers.
• Liaise with Line Manager, escalate areas for discussion or resolution.
• Communicate clearly with colleagues to understand identified issues.
• Maintain meticulous attention to detail and methodical work.
• Collaborate with Developers, BAs, and Stakeholders for quality delivery.
• Identify process improvements and develop recommendations.
• Answer queries during User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Ensure project administration is kept up to date.
• Out-of-hours implementation testing once a week.

Skills

Manual testing

Test planning

Test case creation

Defect management

Regression testing

Agile/Scrum

UAT support

SQL

ClickUp

Mortgage knowledge

Education

ISTQB CTFL

BCS Foundation Certificate in Software Testing

Tools

ClickUp

SQL

Job description

Keystone Property Finance is seeking a highly motivated IT tester to join our team. You will focus on ensuring software quality across development cycles, with experience in manual testing, test planning, test case creation, and defect management.

The role involves working in an Agile environment, contributing to UAT, coordinating with developers, analysts, and stakeholders, and supporting test documentation. The role is predominantly office-based with one day a week from home after probation.