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# Software Tester

- **Company:** The Student Energy Group
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £30,000.0 - £35,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), JIRA, Automation of Tests, Databases, Systems Development Life Cycle, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Web Applications, Postman, Backend, Playwright, Cucumber (Software), Api Management, Testrail
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4195cd64c0669e65

## About the Role

* 1+ years industry experience as a Software Tester performing manual and automated tests
 * Understanding of software testing principles, including different types of testing and the basic testing lifecycle
 * Understanding of the SDLC
 * Ability to test web applications
 * Basic knowledge on tools such as Jira and TestRail
 * Nice to have: Exposure to GIT/GitHub, Postman (API testing), Basic SQL query
 * Strong analytical and data driven decision maker
 * Strong communication and collaboration abilities
 * Ability to handle complex issues whilst maintaining a positive attitude
 * Must have a desire to learn, self-reflect and improve, * How many years of experience do you have in software testing?
 * Do you have experience with manual and automated testing?
 * Do you have experience with API testing?

Experience:

 * Software Tester: 1 year (required)

## Description

We're formalising our testing procedures and looking for someone passionate to help develop these for both projects and smaller work.

 * Perform thorough manual testing across our Kanban workflow, working closely with requirements and acceptance criteria to ensure quality is maintained at every stage of delivery
 * Analyse requirements and design clear, well-structured test cases that cover functional, edge case, and regression scenarios
 * Carry out API testing using Postman to validate integrations and backend behaviour, ensuring data flows correctly between services
 * Run SQL queries to support testing - verifying data at the database level, investigating issues, and confirming that system changes are reflected correctly in the underlying data
 * Work closely with stakeholders across projects, building strong working relationships and understanding the business context behind what you are testing
 * Identify gaps in requirements early and contribute to risk assessments before development begins
 * Have some exposure to JavaScript and TypeScript, with familiarity around BDD concepts such as Cucumber and automation frameworks such as Playwright
 * Develop and maintain testing metrics that give the team and stakeholders clear visibility of quality and progress
 * Be proactive - raise issues early, flag risks, and take ownership of your areas


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