Senior Tester

innovation, you will have the space to grow, contribute and shape how we build better software.YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACTLead and evolve the testing strategy for a defined product area, embedding quality across the full software lifecycleReview and assess new features, define test plans and collaborate with engineers to ensure performance and reliabilityDesign, build and maintain automated test suites to support delivery at scaleAct as a quality advocate, influencing best practice and driving early defect preventionCoach and mentor others, contributing to a strong learning culture within the teamYOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEESSENTIAL CRITERIAExperience in manual and automated testing, from unit tests to integration and browser tests as well as performing hands-on, exploratory and regression testing.Experience in running accessibility testing in line with WCAG and BBC guidelines.Experience working closely with a multi-discipline agile team, including Product Managers, UX
Designers, and Software Engineering Team Leads.Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript and ReactJS.Experience with writing test approaches, raising and triaging issues in JIRA and issuing weekly and final test summary reports to key StakeholdersDESIRABLEGitHub, Jira, Confluence, GrafanaAWS and AWS toolsCypress Playwright
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. PURPOSE OF THE ROLEJoin the BBC World Service as a Senior Tester, helping deliver trusted, impartial news to 1.5 billion people worldwide. You will lead testing across complex, scalable platforms, shaping how quality is embedded from design through to delivery. This is a high impact role where you will influence engineering practices and ensure audiences can access reliable content across languages, devices and environments.WHY JOIN THE TEAMThe World Service delivers journalism in 41 languages to audiences across the globe, ensuring access regardless of geography or connectivity. You will join a team where quality is central to everything we do, working on complex, meaningful products that make a real difference. With a strong focus on learning, collaboration and