Stratospherec Ltd
Software Tester
Job Description
Salary: £40,000 - 50,000 per year
Requirements:- A minimum of 3 years of integration and system software testing experience.
- Experience in manual testing and some automation software testing.
- Experience using automation tools such as Postman, Cypress, or Selenium would be useful.
- Experience working with the .Net stack and specifically MVC would be an advantage.
- Experience working with Azure DevOps and Kanban boards would be an advantage.
- Experience with setting up and building automated test script tools would be an advantage.
- Accreditation in Software Certified Testing (ISTQB / ISEB) would be an advantage.
- Working to deadlines, team collaboration, attention to detail, analytical skills, and effective communication are essential.
- Contribute towards test planning.
- Collaborate with project teams to understand the scope of projects.
- Work closely with software developers and project support teams.
- Build automation test scripts for web UIs and APIs.
- Conduct testing including functional, scalability, regression, discovery, stress, and performance testing.
- Test development work to ensure acceptance criteria has been met and that it functions in line with the development specification.
- Write and execute test plans.
- Test software in different environments, including web and mobile platforms.
- Document and communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues.
- Write bug reports and assess code quality.
- Identify issues and raise tickets.
- Carry out other testing activities as required.
- Provide objective feedback to software development project teams.
- Troubleshoot issues and design tests to mitigate risks.
- Ensure adherence to departmental and project deadlines.
- Azure
- Cypress
- DevOps
- ISTQB
- Support
- Kanban
- Mobile
- MVC
- Postman
- Selenium
- Web
- ASP.NET
- Cloud
- Backend
More:
We are a multinational financial services company serving the pension, insurance, and mortgage marketplaces. This is a 6 month fixed-term contract with a start date of 28th September 2026. The role is hybrid, based in our Chichester, West Sussex offices, with 2 days per week in the office, negotiable. The salary is equivalent to £40k to £50k for the 6 month period, plus employee benefits. We are looking for a local Software Tester to join our small software testing team and help support web applications delivered on a SaaS model for specific financial services products.
last updated 37 week of 2026
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Stratospherec Ltd
Chichester
IT
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£55,000
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