Software Test Lead / Lead Software Tester
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Area | St. Albans, United Kingdom |
| Sector | IT |
| Start Date | |
| Job Ref | PH9431 |
- Description
Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 + excellent benefits including 25 days’ holiday PLUS bank holidays and an additional day, pension, bonus, career development and MUCH more
As an experienced developer within this new and fast-growing team, you will use and develop the skills you have acquired, working closely with a sister team based in London on a wide range of projects across Europe.
Role description
This team comprises a group of specialists drawn from a wide range of different professional and technical backgrounds. If your background is in testing / development you will find opportunities to both grow your portfolio of skills and lead at what you do best. In return for your continued success, interest and commitment, you will be provided with a variety of interesting tasks, a comprehensive training program and a structured career path.
As a Lead Tester you will:
· Provide hands-on technical team leadership to ensure software development test principles are understood and followed
· Develop test plan strategy and direction of team’s output
· Provide technical and strategic oversight and guidance
· Build a dedicated test team, utilising experienced hires and outsourced resources to deliver robust and reliable testing
· Contribute to individual area of expertise, work products and standards including hands-on testing
· Generate efficient and effective test plans encompassing defining test approach (tools, techniques, environments) to meet product test requirements
· Be tenacious in your pursuit of software quality, and ensure the team understands the importance of appropriate testing, automation, and software design
· Ensure team’s understanding of business goals, priorities, and how they align with customer needs and business direction
· Stay abreast of testing best practices, technology trends, tools and framework
· Work collaboratively with the Engineering team
Demonstrable (must have) experience of the following is required:
· Software development testing (typically at least 5 years)
· In-depth knowledge of industry leading software testing tools
· Evidence of test leadership (3 years +) i.e. defining and implementing test plans and strategies in the successful delivery of complex and challenging software products, and running an agile team or small team of test engineers
· Complete understanding of technical standards, principles, theories, and concepts in the field
· Developing tests for functional and regression testing that include manual, automated, performance and ad-hoc testing
· Experience of responsive cross-browser testing
· Experience of working with Agile (Kanban and/or Scrum) delivery methodologies
· Knowledge of web standards and experience testing REST based APIs
· Additional desirable (nice to have) experience includes:
· TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration and release management
· Confluence and JIRA
· Working with creative teams
· Software development
Job Title: Software Test Lead / Lead Software Tester
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire – close to the central train station (easy commute from St Pancras OR Bedford stations
Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 + excellent benefits including 25 days’ holiday PLUS bank holidays and an additional day, pension, bonus, career development and MUCH more
Job Type: Permanent
Job Reference: PH9431
Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an employment agency in respect of this role
