Software Tester (6 month contract)
Posted 4 days ago by Wealthify
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Penarth, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Software Tester at Wealthify involves working within a cross-functional team to deliver both manual and automated tests, ensuring quality and performance standards are met. This 6-month contract position emphasizes the importance of automated testing in a continuous delivery environment. Candidates should be open to learning about cloud environments and agile practices while contributing to a diverse and inclusive team culture. The position is based in Penarth, Wales, at a rapidly growing online investment company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver both manual and automated tests to ensure quality and performance standards are maintained.
- Create and maintain automated tests in a continuous delivery environment.
- Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and testers in a cross-functional squad.
- Engage in agile and DevOps practices.
Key Skills:
- Experience as a software tester with a solid understanding of test automation.
- Good analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communicator with attention to detail.
- Advocate of code quality, clean code, and best practices.
- Familiarity with automation testing tools (UI automation, API testing, Mocking, Performance testing).
- Experience using test management tools (tracking, reporting).
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or cross-functional teams.
- Ability to review and interpret code (JavaScript, .NET C#).
- Understanding of DevOps practices (CI & CD).
- Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g., Azure).
- Experience in backend testing and testing microservices.
- Experience in large scale migration projects.
- Understanding of Pension products is a plus.
- Familiarity with Cypress.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Penarth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Wealthify - Software Tester (6 month contract) Wealthify is an ambitious, multi-award-winning online investment company located in Penarth, Wales. We’re here to inspire anyone to build their future wealth, and we do this by making investing easy, affordable, and accessible. We want to inspire as many people to invest as possible. We’re rapidly growing, and so we’re hiring talented people who are purpose driven and want to use and develop their skills to deliver an awesome experience to our customers. Our team is engaging, inquisitive, and inclusive, reflecting many different beliefs and backgrounds. We’re looking for people who can bring diversity of thought to our team, and work towards a shared goal to deliver an exceptional investment experience.
What your job will be: You’ll be working as a software tester (6 month contract) in a cross-functional squad of engineers, product owners and testers to deliver both manual and automated tests to ensure quality and performance standards are maintained. We release frequently through continuous delivery, so creating and maintaining automated tests is essential. Ideally you will be familiar with cloud environments (we’re in Azure), agile and DevOps practices, but if not, there is opportunity to learn.
Skills we’re looking for: We value simplicity, communication, teamwork, trust, and confidence. These core values are what make us tick and keep us all on the same page - not just with how we work individually, but how we engage with each other and the service we offer. We don’t need you to tick all these boxes (in fact we’d encourage you to apply even if you don’t!), but this gives you an idea of what we are looking for:
- Experience as a software tester with a solid understanding of test automation
- Good analysis and problem-solving skills
- Effective communicator
- Attention to detail
- Advocate of code quality, clean code, and best practice
- Familiarity with automation testing tools (including UI automation, API testing, Mocking, Performance testing etc.)
- Experience using test management tools (tracking, reporting)
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or cross functional teams
- Ability to review and interpret code (JavaScript, .NET C#)
- Understanding of DevOps practices (CI & CD)
- Familiarity of Cloud environments (e.g., Azure)
What else we’re looking for:
- Experience in backend testing, and testing microservices
- Experience in large scale migration projects
- Understanding of Pension products is a plus
- Familiarity with Cypress
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join a dynamic, fun, and friendly company.