Fintel Hiring for Software Tester Job at Aylesbury, England Full Time

Defaqto’s software solutions support all layers of the financial services industry – helping product providers to design, market and sell financial products and helping financial advisers to provide compliant advice.

We are currently seeking a skilled Software Tester to join us on a permanent basis. Working within a small team you’ll be responsible for executing quality assurance procedures on Defaqto’s software, ensuring any errors are identified and corrected before being released to our clients.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing a clear understanding of the business requirements for a specific software development project through regular communication with the Technical Project Manager, Business Analysts, Development Manager and Software Developers.

• Planning, creating and maintaining Specflow test suite based on project and business requirements
• Executing manual and/or automated tests for each individual business requirement and completing additional testing to support each software release.
• Undertaking root cause analysis of test failures in order to liaise with the relevant people to resolve issues.
• Performing exploratory testing to identify issues not covered in test plans and subsequently updating test plans to improve their coverage.

What you need to succeed

• Experience working in a software test role, testing modern websites
• Experience creating test scripts and use cases from user analysis sessions and project documentation
• Working knowledge of Gherkin and use with Cucumber or Specflow
• Good understanding of technologies such as Internet applications, databases, browsers, mobile devices etc
• Knowledge of formal testing concepts such as functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, load testing and platform testing
• Strong testing skills, including
  • functional testing
  • regression testing
  • integration testing
  • cross browser testing
• Understanding of Gherkin language
• No-nonsense approach – speaks up with ideas/opinions, acknowledges mistakes and learns from them
• Collaborates effectively as part of a team, whilst retaining a strong sense of ownership for individual and team task completion and quality of work
• Communicates professionally and constructively with colleagues to support effective team working
• Understands the balancing act between commercial reality and technical perfection and focuses on the objectives underlying each project – balancing a strong attention to detail with seeing the bigger picture
• Drives for results, with the ability to maintain focus and respond quickly within a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
• Willing to learn new concepts and be adaptable to changing environments, processes and stakeholders

What we offer you

• Company funded critical illness and life assurance cover
• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Defaqto FitPlan – contribution to gym / sports club fees or fitness equipment
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Group personal pension plan, with an employer contribution of up to 10% of salary
• 5 working weeks of holiday per year, with the option to purchase up to an additional week
• Access to our regular wellbeing programme including free Zoom fitness classes, meditation, yoga..
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Access to our free Employee Assistance Programme
• Interest free season ticket loans for those who travel by public transport
• Lots of fundraising events for charity to get involved in!

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.