Software Tester, STV

JR United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

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STV is Scotland’s leading digital media brand. Each month, our commercial broadcast channel reaches 3.5 million viewers and the STV Player is the fastest growing Video on Demand service in the UK. This role is a unique opportunity to work on a multi-platform product that reaches a huge national audience across Scotland.

STV are on a mission to become Scotland’s digital entertainment hub. The world of media streaming is fast-paced and constantly changing and STV is determined to lead the way with our new digital strategy. Our development teams are working to transform our video streaming service, STV Player, into a world class platform. Our challenge is to blend leading-edge technology with intuitive user interfaces and engaging user experiences.

About the team

Our QA team helps support development of the STV Player, which is going through a period of rapid growth. The QA team works with all of our Engineering teams, helping identify risks and issues and ultimately helping to ensure the platform is scalable and resilient and able to service the right content to users at the right time. The QA sits within our wider Engineering team and is part of our Digital division.

About the role

As a Software Tester you will be involved in development testing across STV’s multiple digital platforms including mobile, web, connected TVs and set-top boxes. You will be able to work well on your own and as part of a wider team.

You will perform hands on functional and regression testing, while authoring test plans and helping the team spot risks as features are designed and developed. This role will help product management and engineering leadership define the requirements and architecture, through to supporting the products running in production.

About You:

We’re looking for candidates with:

1. Experience performing hands-on testing: You will undertake ‘hands-on’ functional and regression testing across the broad range of STV digital products and platforms ranging from Smart TVs, set-top boxes, tablet devices and smartphones.
2. Experience creating test plans: You will be able to review requirements, understand the inherent risks and potential impacts on other systems and detailed test plans and test cases to support new product development and enhancements.
3. An eye for detail and quality: You have self-motivation and the ability to maintain a high standard of quality whilst working to strict deadlines. You have strong debugging and optimization skills, and can effectively use unit testing to build a solid product.
4. Strong communication skills: You enjoy working in a team and collaborating with colleagues in other roles such as Software Engineering, UX, and Product Management. You have strong interpersonal and communication skills and choose the correct collaboration medium for the task at hand.
5. Knowledge of bug reporting and tracking systems: You have experience using bug tracking systems and are able to use them effectively to keep track of issues and perform analysis to spot trends and hot-spots over time.
6. Curiosity and a willingness to learn: You are intensely curious – about why a particular bug is occurring, about why a certain system is suddenly experiencing reliability issues and about how the team can improve its processes and efficiency.

It would be great if you had:

1. Experience of testing mobile apps and web applications.
2. Experience in testing RESTful APIs, using tools such as Postman.
3. Familiarity with defect tracking systems.
4. Familiarity with test automation.
5. An ISTQB certification or equivalent agile based testing certification is desirable.
6. Practical knowledge of Agile development test design methodologies and techniques.
7. Cloud computing is a plus but not required – training will be provided.

There are plenty of reasons why it’s great to work at STV, here are just a few of the perks for you:

1. 25 days paid annual leave and 9 public holidays per annum, with the option to buy more through our Holiday Extras scheme.
2. An extra day’s holiday on your birthday.
3. Healthcare cash plan providing Company contributions towards dental, optical, wellbeing or other healthcare costs.
4. Company pension contribution.
5. Cycle to work scheme.
6. Season ticket travel loan.
7. Flexible benefits portal providing a range of retail and gym discounts.

If you have a demonstrable track record of delivery in a related role, we would love to hear from you.