Software Test Engineer (Automation)

Salary: £42,000 – £50,400 per year

Software Test Engineer – Junior Automation Experience
Remote working with some occasional travel to Brighton
A leading UK Software Development company who specialise in building software used by University Students across the globe are looking for a Software Test Engineer with some skills in writing Automation Test Scripts to join their award winning Scrum Teams.
This company are looking for a Tester with a at least 6 months’ experience of writing and creating new Automation Scripts to join their team testing test their web and mobile software applications. The Tester will help with testing, building, and maintaining my client’s range of new customer facing portals and application forms. They will have the opportunity to actively contribute to the initial development and ongoing evolution of those systems, supporting the Test Manager as needed. The job role will involve the documentation of test cases and scripts, through to their own testing and liaising with both end users and developers throughout the testing process.
Key accountabilities and duties:
* Participating in multi-disciplinary, Agile teams working together to create digital solutions.
* Translating user stories into test cases.
* Identify, create, and report on the criticality of bugs raised, whilst ensuring bugs are re-tested in a timely manner.
* Maintain and create automation scripts using Playwright with TypeScript, Selenium C#, or similar programming language.
* Actively involved in regression testing.
* Undertake testing as needed on both existing system enhancements and new developments.
* Work alongside the Senior Test Manager and Testers as required on projects.
As a Software Test Engineer, this company are looking for:
* A passion for software testing and quality assurance and its role in delivering excellent software solutions. Ability to focus on both detail and accuracy.
* Ability to take a lead role in the refinement of user stories to ensure all requirements are captured appropriately and understood correctly.
* Ability to work unsupervised and regularly work to tight deadlines under pressure.
Technical Skills:
* C# or Java or Python or Ruby or JavaScript scripting
* Cross browser testing
* JIRA
* Selenium or Cypress or Playwright or similar Automation testing tool knowledge
* Test Rail (Test management)
* Experience of source code management using Git.
You will receive extensive training on Playwright, TypeScript, Azure DevOps and CI/CD code automation in this role. However if you have any experience in these then that would be beneficial for this position.
This is an exciting new Software Test Engineer job, so if this might be of interest then please get in touch with your CV to find out more?