Senior Tester

About the Role

My client is a small, well-established InsurTech and they are seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Senior Tester to join their team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys "doing" - planning, executing, and optimising testing processes - while aspiring to grow into a leadership role over time. You will play a crucial part in ensuring the quality and reliability of their software,

contributing directly to customer satisfaction and the delivery of a robust product. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and enhance their testing processes, collaborate across teams, and gain the experience and exposure needed to develop into a Test Lead role in the future.

Key Responsibilities

1. Testing Execution and Strategy - Contribute to and execute the Test Strategy including planning, writing, and executing test scripts at Unit and System levels to ensure product quality.

2. Requirements Collaboration - Engage with the team throughout the requirements gathering and writing process to ensure a holistic approach to testing and provide early input on potential risks, ambiguities, or edge cases, ensuring requirements are thorough, clear, and testable.

3. Testing Methodologies and Tools - In conjunction with the Head of Technology identify and apply the most appropriate and up-to-date testing methodologies to ensure the application meets high standards of quality and reliability.

4. Continuous Improvement - Actively identify and raise opportunities to improve testing practices and processes

5. Collaboration and Relationships - Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers and product owners, to understand requirements, clarify deliverables, and ensure

About You

• Proactive, detail-oriented, and self-driven, with a passion for hands-on testing and continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Thrives in collaborative environments and values early engagement in the requirements writing process.
• Experienced with various testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Communicates effectively and is eager to grow into a leadership role over time.

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• Proven experience in software testing, including manual and automated testing
• Familiarity with common testing tools and frameworks
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies

Desirable

• Experience in defining or contributing to test strategies
• Exposure to leadership responsibilities or mentoring team members
• Knowledge of the Insurance and/or InsurTech sector or a strong interest to learn about it

This role offers hybrid working with 1-2 days per week in the London office

In addition to the base salary, there is an annual bonus of 10-15%