Software Test/QA Engineer


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Root6 Limited

Listed on

28th June 2017

Location

W1F 8AJ

Salary/Rate

Competitive

Salary Notes

Competitive

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Bright, ambitious QA Engineer sought by software technology manufacturer specialising in the Television Post Production and Broadcast market worldwide.

Their product is a leading tool for automating file-based workflows (transcoding, automated quality control, metadata manipulation etc). Joining a small highly specialised team of software developers and product specialists as a QA Engineer you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of the core product.

As a QA Engineer you will work closely with the support and development teams, investigating any potential issues raised, discovering the root cause, escalating them to engineering and subsequently re-testing resolved issues. You will ideally already have some testing experience or an aptitude for testing and QA.

Working in a small team means that there are many opportunities to learn and be involved in a variety of different areas of the company. Additional training will be available from software developers, product specialists and video engineers. Employees are able to progress and develop in their area of interest be that software development, customer relations/presales or technical support.

Your responsibilities:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Design and document test plans and procedures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Develop procedures to determine release readiness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Document software defects using a bug tracking system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Address regression testing and usability

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Investigate and reproduce customer problems reported by technical support

Skills required:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       A general understanding of computer systems, networks and an interest in video (and audio) engineering are required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Attention to detail

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Good communication skills

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Willingness to learn

Preferred skills:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Software Testing experience

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       SQL knowledge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Degree educated (desirable)

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