Senior Tester

Locations: Glasgow (G511DA), London (W1A 1AA), Salford (M50 2QH)

JOB DETAILS

Job Band: D

Contract Type: 12 month Fixed term Contract / Attachment

Department: World Service Discovery

Location: London / Salford / Glasgow - Hybrid

Proposed Salary Range: £47,000 - £57,000 (depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience)

We discuss flexible working preferences during the application process. Flexible working will be part of the offer discussion.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the BBC World Service as a Senior Tester, helping deliver trusted, impartial news to 1.5 billion people worldwide. Lead testing across complex, scalable platforms, shaping quality from design through delivery. This is a high impact role that influences engineering practices and ensures audience access to reliable content across languages, devices and environments.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The World Service delivers journalism in 41 languages to global audiences, ensuring access regardless of geography or connectivity. Work in a team where quality is central, with a strong focus on learning, collaboration and innovation. Grow, contribute and shape how we build better software.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Lead and evolve the testing strategy for a defined product area, embedding quality across the software lifecycle
• Review and assess new features, define test plans and collaborate with engineers to ensure performance and reliability
• Design, build and maintain automated test suites to support delivery at scale
• Act as a quality advocate, influencing best practice and driving early defect prevention
• Coach and mentor others, contributing to a strong learning culture within the team

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• 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 writing test approaches, raising and triaging issues in JIRA and issuing weekly and final test summary reports to key stakeholders

DESIRABLE

• GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Grafana
• AWS and AWS tools
• Cypress
• Playwright

BENEFITS

• Fair pay and a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35 hour working week
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Defined pension scheme
• Discounted dental, health care and gym membership
• Excellent career and professional development opportunities
• Support in your working life, including flexible working options for those who need them

LEGAL AND EEO STATEMENTS

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Employment screening checks. Failure to disclose may result in withdrawal of your offer.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio economic background, religion and/or belief. We are a disability confident employer. If you need adjustments or access requirements for the interview process or during the role, please contact .