Trainee Software Tester

Farringdon James Limited

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Plymouth, gb on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description
Main Purpose of Job

To learn testing techniques and assist in ensuring that software released is of an acceptable quality, in line with both the company and customers’ requirements.

To learn and contribute in the creation of automatic testing scripts for different technologies.

To learn and assist on the design of tests for unit testing, integration testing, system testing and operational acceptance testing

Key Tasks
  • Willing to learn and understand existing tests and automatic testing scripts
  • Willing to learn and extend existing tests and scripts
  • Assists in producing scripts for automatic testing
  • Willing to learn how to debug testing scripts
  • Willing to learntracking systems and Document versioning systems
  • Willing to learnUML logical designs
  • Dedicated to progressing and learning new skills, sees learning and progressing towards more senior positions as one of his/her duties and is keen to make efforts in this field
  • Accepts challenges in the day to day work and maximises the learning experience
  • Does constant research to gain knowledge and actively queries more senior team members.
Knowledge & Skills

·Good team player

·Able to work on their own initiative

·Inquisitive, wanting to challenge the next step (pushing the boundaries)

·Good analytical skills to back up results (logical thought process)

·Attention to detail with a passion for quality and excellence

·Communicate well, either face to face or by other means

·Organised, able to meet deadlines

·Willingness to learn and follow look for guidance

·Wanting to suggest and follow up with improvements

·Positive attitude when things don’t always got to plan (problem solver)

·Good IT skills


Other Company benefits

  • 28 Days annual leave (inc. Bank Holidays) increasing to 33, pro-rata.
  • Pension scheme,
  • Health Care Plans,
  • Salary sacrifice bicycle schemes

Plus many more

About this role

Summary

Assist in testing software, learn automation, design tests, and develop testing scripts.

Job title

Trainee Software Tester

Experience level

entry level

Industry

software

Location requirements

Plymouth, gb, on-site, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

IT skills

Preferred skills

teamworkinitiativeanalytical skillscommunicationorganisational skills

Specializations

testingautomationsoftware qualityUML
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Plymouth, UK

On-site City