Senior Tester

Senior Tester – Automation SpecialistJoin BBC Studios to shape high-quality digital products used across global platforms. As a Senior Tester – Automation Specialist, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the quality of our CMS, front-end, and API products, using automation to support scalable, reliable delivery at speed.Job DetailsJob Band: DContract Type: Permanent, Full-timeDepartment: Studios Product AssuranceLocation: London – HybridProposed Salary Range: £55,000-£59,000 (plus London weighting £5,441)WE ARE BBC STUDIOSA globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.Purpose of the RoleJoin BBC Studios to help shape high-quality digital products used across global platforms. As a Senior Tester – Automation Specialist, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the quality of our CMS, front-end, and API products, using automation to support scalable, reliable delivery at speed.Why Join the TeamJoining the CMS team at BBC Studios means becoming part of a forward‑thinking, globally recognised media company committed to delivering world‑class digital products. As a Senior Tester – Automation Specialist, you'll have the opportunity to work on high‑impact platforms that reach international audiences, contributing directly to the quality of content experiences across web and API layers. You'll collaborate with a passionate and supportive team that values innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence. This role offers a strong focus on automation, CI/CD integration, and modern testing practices, empowering you to shape the testing strategy and mentor others while staying at the forefront of quality assurance.Your Key Responsibilities And ImpactShape and execute the product or stream’s test strategy, ensuring robust coverage across frontend, CMS, and API layers.Own automation design, implementation, and maintenance using Playwright (or similar) with Cucumber, integrating into CI/CD pipelines.Plan, estimate, and report on testing activities using data to assess quality, manage risk, and guide release readiness.Collaborate across teams to coordinate cross‑product testing, improve processes, and embed shift‑left practices.Mentor testers, share best practices, and contribute to the wider quality community to drive consistency and learning.Essential CriteriaStrong manual and automation testing background in agile environments, with expertise in Playwright with TypeScript and Cucumber or similar tools.Proven experience testing CMS platforms, RESTful APIs, and ensuring usability, accessibility, and cross‑browser compatibility.Skilled in designing and maintaining automation frameworks, working with CI/CD, and interpreting metrics for improvement.Effective communicator and collaborator, able to work independently, manage defects, and support planning/reporting.Experienced in mentoring testers, using test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail, Xray), and promoting QA best practices.Desired But Not RequiredExperience contributing to wider quality strategies and introducing new tools or frameworks.Knowledge of non‑functional testing areas such as performance or security.Active involvement in testing or quality communities of practice.Awareness of accessibility, usability, and cross‑browser compatibility best practices.Next StepsWe appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include reference checks, eligibility to work checks, and if applicable to the role, safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk. #J-18808-Ljbffr