Stockford Recruitment
Software Quality Assurance Tester
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Software Tester
Location: Bristol – Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
Salary: Up to £35,000
Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
The Opportunity
We're working with a successful and fast-growing SaaS business that provides a market-leading software platform to the higher education sector.
As the business continues to grow, they're looking for a Software Tester / Testing Agent to join their Product team and play an important role in maintaining the quality and reliability of their platform.
You'll work closely with software developers, product specialists and support teams, testing regular releases as well as contributing to larger product development sprints.
This would suit someone with commercial software testing experience who enjoys problem solving, has excellent attention to detail and wants to develop their career within a collaborative SaaS environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Work closely with the Support Team to coordinate testing for fortnightly software releases
- Carry out manual, regression, integration and release testing
- Work alongside developers and Product during development sprints
- Help define testing criteria for new features and major releases
- Create and maintain test plans, test cases and test scripts
- Build repeatable test packs and appropriate test data
- Identify, document and report software defects and bugs
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of testing processes
- Write and maintain test automation where appropriate
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What We're Looking For
You'll have strong technical aptitude and be comfortable navigating and learning different software systems.
Ideally, you'll bring experience across some of the following:
- Commercial software testing / QA experience
- Manual, regression and integration testing
- Working within an Agile software development environment
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Writing test cases, test scripts and testing strategies
- Defect and bug reporting
- Working closely with software developers and Product Owners
- Experience with tools such as CRM systems, issue management platforms and Postman
- API testing exposure
- SQL experience
- Test automation experience
- ISTQB certification or equivalent
You don't necessarily need everything on the list. Strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability and a willingness to learn are particularly important.
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What's On Offer
- Up to £35,000 salary
- Hybrid working – 3 days per week in Bristol
- 35 hour working week
- 5% pension contribution
- Private health insurance
- Personal Development Plan and individual learning budget
- Latest technology and equipment
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Regular team breakfasts and social events
- Volunteering and fundraising opportunities
You'll be joining a growing SaaS company where software quality is a key part of the product development process, with plenty of opportunity to develop your testing and technical skills.
Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.
Stockford Recruitment partners with ambitious technology and digital businesses across the UK, helping them build high-performing teams across Software Engineering, Product and Go-to-Market.
We focus on relationships over transactions. That means taking the time to understand what you're looking for, being open and transparent throughout the process, and only introducing you to opportunities we genuinely believe are a good fit.
If this role isn't quite right but you're considering your next move in tech, we'd still be happy to hear from you.
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