Senior Tester

Job Band

Package description

Band: D
Contract type: permanent
Location: Newcastle (one / two days per week in our office at Newcastle Broadcasting Centre on Barrack Road)

Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on Reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.

Introduction

Step into the world of the BBC, one of the UK's most iconic and beloved brands, where every working day is as unique as it is rewarding. Every tick of the clock, our content reaches millions of people globally, which is made possible by our top-notch Software Engineering teams. They've been instrumental in pioneering innovative products and unique features that have firmly positioned us at the forefront of our industry. We don't merely adapt to an ever-changing world - we set the pace.

Marketing Enablement is a recently built multi-discipline team put together to look at how the BBC can improve our Marketing workflows and user experiences across the BBC estate; there is potential for your work to impact iPlayer, Sounds, the BBC web estate and the BBC suite of apps. Some of the opportunities include working closely with partner teams to improve our understanding and application of user data and how we might introduce more relevant content via a more personalised service.

This team can make a real difference, not only transforming how the BBC communicates new and important content to its audience but also being part of the exciting brand-new tech hub in Newcastle, which has been launched this year as part of our commitment to investing across the UK. You will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you will be empowered to fulfil your potential.

We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. We're deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive. We want people to really enjoy working with us and get a buzz from knowing that what they are doing is making a difference and enhancing people's lives

Responsibilities

As a Senior Tester within the Marketing Enablement team, you will have a role in shaping, refining and delivering the strategic and operational testing strategy for an emerging product set.

You will be engaged in all aspects of SDLC, including architecture, design, specs, tests, development, and delivery. As a QA advocate, you will be reviewing new features that come in, assessing them, writing test plans and working with developers to understand their impact on performance.

We would look for you to be an active participant in fostering a learning culture throughout the organisation through active dissemination of knowledge, coaching, mentoring and inspiring other members of the team.

If you’re passionate about software quality, enjoy thinking outside the box and want to work in a high-performing team doing complex and critical work, then we should talk!

Our dream candidate is:

• Dedicated to building reliable and performant solutions using TDD, BDD and manual testing approaches as is appropriate.

• Experienced in using TypeScript to write type safe tests.

• Experienced in writing automations tests for a variety of scenarios (e.g. API, Integration and End to End)

• Accountable for upholding testing methodologies.

• Capable of working with and influencing a diverse array of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical to ensure tests cover intended user journeys.

• Energised by the prospect of crafting beautiful products and adding that extra bit of sparkle.

• Convinced that diverse thinking leads to better outcomes and ensures everyone's opinion is voiced.

• Known for being a team player, always ready to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.

• Dedicated to growing the Tech Hub, and eager to engage with the North-East tech community.

Are you the right Candidate

We create and support reliable and scalable cloud-based services on Amazon Web Services, use Git and GitHub for version control and practice pair programming and Test-Driven Development where possible.

In a nutshell, we seek a leader who champions inclusivity, nurtures talent, and upholds the BBC's values, all while driving technical excellence. If this sounds like your cup of tea, we'd love to hear from you.

The teams have the autonomy to choose the appropriate tools. Below are some of the tools/ technologies we currently use across the BBC Engineering community:

• Frontend: ReactJS, NextJS

• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, SQL

• Backend: ExpressJS, Node, Redis, Elasticsearch

• Cloud: AWS (S3, EC2, SQS, Lambda etc)

• Deployment: Jenkins, Codebuild, CodePipeline.

• Data Visualisation: Grafana

• Testing: Jest, Cypress, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, Postman, Gatling

• Database: SQL (Postgres/ MySQL), MongoDB, Timestream, DynamoDB

• Stream-Processing: Apache Kafka, Apache Flink