Software Engineer in Test, Client

BrightSign; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

BrightSign is the global market leader in digital signage media players and we are seeking a Software Engineer in Test to join our established Client Software team. Our media players are used worldwide, by many different vertical markets. They are very flexible devices, providing the ability to play audio and video media in many different formats, to render HTML, and to run applications developed by the end user. They are highly reliable: our customers depend on them to stay up 24x7.

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer in Test to join our team in Cambridge. In this role, you will be responsible for automating our software stack and conducting manual integration testing between our software and devices to ensure comprehensive product testing.

While this role is primarily remote, some integration testing tasks will require you to work from our Cambridge office.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Write code to thoroughly test our software systems for both cloud and media player
• Expand and update existing software automation test frameworks and test cases
• Investigate and resolve test failures, timely analysis and dissemination of test results
• Develop automated testing of both normal and advanced use cases
• Work closely with the Client Software team to ensure that the overall system is completely tested
• Define project scope and tasks to achieve successful project execution
• Update existing project or team documentation and runbooks, create new documentation as required
• Research, recommend and implement process improvements

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of commercial experience writing code
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Extremely self-directed and self-organizing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to troubleshoot root causes of test failures and determine plan to rectify root causes
• Strong knowledge of unit, integration, regression, user interface, and automated testing
• Experience creating and executing formal test plans that map to customer use cases
• Proven ability to define, select and apply applicable test approaches to a project
• Experience with test automation tools such as PlayWright, Cypress or Nightwatch
• Extremely meticulous and careful, especially in the creation of testing initial conditions

Highly Desirable:

• Understanding of audio and video standards and codecs and streaming technologies
• Desire to take ownership of a project
• Experience using Jira for project management, defect tracking and test case creation