Apprentice Software Tester

**Please note that this is an apprenticeship position and therefore anyone with more than six months professional experience working as a software tester or who holds an ISTQB foundation certificate will will not be eligible.**

**You will also need to commit to completing a Level 4 Software Testing Apprenticeship.**

Are you passionate about technology and want to join an organisation and create a brighter future for the UK workforce?

**What’s great about the role?**

We have a great opportunity where you can learn whilst you work.

As an Apprentice QA Software Tester you will work closely with developers, QA team and Stakeholders throughout the software lifecycle. This will include testing, tracking & reporting results, troubleshooting and coordinating bug fixes.

**Benefits**
- Hybrid working between home and office (3 days in office 2 working from home)
- 25 days annual leave with option to purchase additional holiday days
- Private medical insurance
- Employer contributory pension
- Onsite gym
- Free travel insurance for you and your family
- Life assurance - 4 x salary
- Practical Health Plan
- Salary sacrifice options include big technology purchase discounts, retail discounts platform, car lease schemes, share ownership plan and more

**What you'll be doing**

Working with our apprenticeship training provider (Digital Native) we’ll support you to gain the knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to the QA team by:

- Collaborating with the development team to define and implement best practices.
- Ensuring the compliance with FCA principles “Treating Customers Fairly” (TCF) & other relevant legislative requirements.
- Assisting with the co-ordination and delivery of demo’s to achieve business and stakeholder Testing sign off.
- Deputising QA Tester responsibilities in absence.
- Assigning Testing tasks and reviews where required.
- Co-ordinating with stakeholders and complete various administration tasks as required.

**What are we looking for?**

We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and is looking to progress in a career within software testing and quality assurance. You will need to be passionate about technology and be keen to learn.

You’ll be able to evidence this through prior qualifications such as A level Computer Science or college courses and you’ll be honing your skills in your own time on platforms such as Codecademy or w3schools. Most of all you’ll need to show that you’re seeking a Level 4 Software Testing apprenticeship.

You’ll also be able to show us that you’re keen to learn how to:

- Learn new IT systems and processes
- Manually test across various systems and platforms.
- Work in a fast-paced, high-effort, dynamic work environment involving multiple platforms and architectures.
- Work in a cross-functional agile software team.
- Have excellent attention to detail, prioritisation and organisation skills.
- Use bug tracking tools would be an advantage.
- Undertake regression testing.
- Use test automation and frameworks for End-to-End testing

**Desired skills**

The Key sills / attributes required are:

- A proven interest in tech
- Attention to detail
- Analytical
- Communication
- Passion / Enthusiasm
- Desire to learn and develop a career in testing and QA

**Personal qualities**
- Passionate about technology
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and processes
- Ability to build good working relationships

**Desired qualifications**

**Minimum: 7 GCSEs at grades A*-C/9-4 (or equivalent) including maths and English Language**

Applications will also be considered from graduates looking for an apprenticeship route to a tech career

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

**Salary**: £18,000.00-£22,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):
Work Location: One location