Software Tester

About the Role

Reporting to the Software Development Team Lead, you'll join our IT Delivery team as a key contributor to ensuring the quality, reliability, security and compliance of our bespoke software solutions. Working closely with developers, business analysts and stakeholders, you will play a key role in building and shaping a QA function within a small but growing development team. This is an excellent opportunity to influence processes, introduce best practices and help deliver high-quality web applications in a regulated healthcare environment.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with IT teams to ensure software meets defined QA standards

Design, write and implement manual and automated test cases for bespoke web applications and solutions

Develop and maintain regression, integration and end-to-end test suites

Perform functional, non-functional, usability and exploratory testing

Identify, document, prioritise and track defects through to resolution

Validate bug fixes and carry out testing ahead of releases

Ensure testing aligns with relevant healthcare regulations and compliance requirements

Participate in internal audits

Work closely with developers, product managers, business analysts and subject matter experts to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria

Communicate testing progress, risks and quality metrics to stakeholders

Build and maintain automated testing frameworks

Evaluate and recommend tools and approaches to improve testing efficiency

About You

You'll be a detail-orientedprofessional with a passion for quality and continuous improvement. You'll enjoy working collaboratively in a cross-functional team and will be confident communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. With a proactive mindset, you'll need to be comfortable taking initiative to establish processes and improve ways of working while thriving in environments where you can make a tangible impact and help shape quality standards from the ground up.

Essential Experience

3+ years' experience in software QA or testing roles

Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices

Experience designing and executing both manual and automated tests

Ability to clearly document test cases, defects and processes

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Meticulous attention to detail with a quality-first mindset

Relevant continuing professional development certifications (Desirable)

Why Join Barchester?
At Barchester, we are driven by our values: Respect | Integrity | Passion | Empowerment | Responsibility