Software Tester

Job type: Permanent

Salary: £27k - 34k

Location: Yorkshire / Hybrid (1 day per week in office)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Software Tester to join our client's growing software team. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality manual testing across their web-based products, working from Jira stories to understand requirements, create clear test documentation, build and execute test cases, and manage defects through to resolution. This role is primarily home-based (with office attendance as needed) and suits a detail-oriented, collaborative tester who can work closely with developers to ensure issues are reproducible, evidenced, and resolved efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform manual testing across our software products, primarily web-based applications.

  • Take ownership of Jira stories by reviewing requirements and translating them into clear test coverage.

  • Create and maintain test documentation for each story, including test cases and supporting evidence.

  • Execute test cases, identify defects, and retest fixes through to resolution in an iterative cycle.

  • Log defects in a clear, reproducible way and collaborate closely with the development team to support efficient resolution.

  • Provide structured sign-off once acceptance criteria are met, ensuring documentation is complete and up to date.

  • Support cross-product testing as the team moves away from niche specialisms and towards broader coverage.

  • Contribute to improving testing processes and quality standards, with an awareness of automated testing (where applicable).

About Our Client

Our Client, is a well established multinational company operating worldwide. In the UK, they are recognised as innovative technology leaders in software for frontline municipal services—including waste and recycling, environment, street scene, and highways. Since 2005, they have supplied mobile, in-cab, and back-office systems to UK municipalities, with their solutions used daily by 3,500 frontline crews across nearly 100 councils. They are dedicated to connecting citizens to the services they depend upon and delivering better public services at lower cost.

Requirements

Essential:

  • 2–3 years' experience in a software testing role, with strong hands-on manual testing capability.

  • Experience testing web-based applications, including working from requirements/user stories through to test execution and sign-off.

  • Confident working with Jira (or similar) to manage stories, defects, and test progress.

  • Ability to create clear, structured test documentation and build effective test cases from requirements.

  • Strong defect reporting skills (clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence) and experience collaborating with developers through fix and retest cycles.

  • Good communication skills and a proactive, detail-focused approach to problem solving.

  • Comfortable working predominantly from home, with the ability to attend the office as and when required.

Desirable:

  • ISTQB Foundation (or willingness to complete).

  • Exposure to testing on mobile devices (e.g. Android phones/tablets).

  • Awareness of automated testing concepts and how they fit into a wider QA approach

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