Senior Tester

BBC; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major broadcasting corporation is seeking a Senior Tester to join the Audio Content Syndication team in Glasgow. The role involves designing and implementing test approaches, ensuring software quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will possess solid experience in test automation frameworks, API testing, and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers a salary range of £50,000 to £60,000 and promotes a healthy work-life balance with flexible working options.

Benefits

Regular training and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Mentorship and coaching

Qualifications

• Ability to execute effective test strategies, planning and executing functional tests.
• Experience with at least one test automation framework.
• Good written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure clarity of features with product teams and stakeholders.
• Review and improve test processes for effectiveness.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies and mentor other team members.

Skills

Test Cases

Performance Testing

Quality Assurance

Functional Testing

Agile

LoadRunner

User Acceptance Testing

Jira

Software Testing

Test Automation

HP ALM

Selenium

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

Postman

AWS Microservices

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND : D

CONTRACT TYPE : 12 month Fixed-term Contract / Attachment

DEPARTMENT : Content and content metadata area / Audio Video programme Metadata group

LOCATION : Glasgow Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE : 50000 - 60000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing team who are delivering one of the BBCs highest priorities to a large and diverse audience in a competitive space.

The Senior Tester will join our Audio Content Syndication team who are focused on ensuring that BBC Sounds music radio and podcasts are prominent discoverable and visible to users wherever and whenever they are browsing.

The senior tester will be responsible for designing communicating and implementing test approaches in product development. Work closely with all members of the product development team. The Senior Tester will co‑coordinate testing activities for a product implement test automation and ensure the spread of good test practices and knowledge.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Audio Content Syndication is a backend platform team that surfaces the catalogue of Sounds metadata to 3rd parties both within the BBC and externally. The ideal candidate would be enthusiastic driven and value collaborative working. You have a keen eye for detail ensuring software quality throughout! You enjoy thinking outside the box and have a proactive desire to learn grow develop and support in evolving and elevating the test discipline as well as wanting to work in a high-performing team leading testing for complex and critical projects.

Alongside this we would look for you to be an active participant in fostering a collaborative culture throughout the organisation through active dissemination of knowledge coaching mentoring and inspiring other members of the test team. Youll be engaged in all aspects of SDLC including architectural changes designs development testing and delivery working closely with discipline leads.

Youll be reviewing new features to be implemented and be held accountable for leading and contributing to all related testing activities ensuring delivery of high-quality experiences to our audiences!

Were deeply proud of our values which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive. We value our people offering a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed.

We offer regular training and development opportunities as well as 10% time allowing dedicated time for self‑improvement and innovation. We promote a healthy work‑life balance with opportunities for flexible working hours in a friendly environment.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Working with product teams and stakeholders to ensure that each feature is clearly understood before implementation validated early and throughout implementation and verified when implementation is complete.
• Support implement and help shape the test approach.
• Coordination and communication of testing activity across cross‑functional teams working alongside cross‑discipline team members.
• Continual review and improvement of test processes to ensure they are working effectively.
• Must be able to create and maintain Automation tests in JavaScript / TypeScript / Java.
• Working within the squad to perform testing across a range of supported devices.
• Troubleshootingfinding critical bugs or verifying reported issues identifying their underlying cause and seeing them through to resolution liaising with other teams where appropriate.
• Contribute to the Agile team ceremonies attending daily stand‑ups team retros Amigo sessions backlog grooming and design sprints.
• Mentor squad members and share knowledge.
• Learn from and contribute to the wider test community.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Ability to input and support in creation adaptation and execution of effective test strategies. Evidence planning executing functional end to end and regression test.
• Working experience with at least one test automation framework.
• Experience with API testing and / or Metadata testing with Postman / Bruno or similar tooling.
• Experience applying an analytical and detail‑orientated approach to problem solving and solution design. Good written and spoken communications skills.
• Work closely and communicate clearly within cross‑functional teams.
• Test data management and a thorough understanding of how these impacts surrounding systems.
• Experience in using AWS microservices.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies keeping up to date with the testing community and exploring new ways of working.
• Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB) International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) or Certified Agile Tester certification.
• Relevant degree

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills Test Cases,Performance Testing,Quality Assurance,Functional Testing,Agile,LoadRunner,User Acceptance Testing,Jira,Software Testing,Test Automation,HP ALM,Selenium

Employment Type : Full‑Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 50000 - 60000