Quality Assurance Apprentice

Testing is a vital part of our development process. As well as finding and documenting programming bugs, you will act as the software’s first audience, reporting on its functionality and recommending improvements.

As part of your role, you will:

• Use software systematically and in accordance with test plans
• Test versions of our software and perform exploratory testing
• Analyse its performance against the features agreed in the specification
• Document  and maintain bug reports, test cases, test plans and executions
• Assist the Project Manager to prioritise the most serious issues
• Work to strict deadlines
• Writing test cases from user stories
• Regression testing
• Exploratory/smoke testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Cross-browser/mobile device testing

At Nexus Point we create platforms and products for the UK's most ambitious automotive dealerships, bringing together design, engineering and behavioural science to help make brands more efficient, effective and creative. Over the last 8 years, we’ve established our position in the automotive software and web development sector by consistently creating powerful software solutions that deliver a competitive and innovative advantage for our customers.

•  5 GCSEs grade A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English and Maths)

             

• Good written and spoken communication skills
• The ability to work well as part of a team
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to analyse written requirements
• Ability to follow and adhere to defined processes

DESIRABLE

• Scripted E2E testing (Automation tools such as Selenium IDE) 
• Website Application Testing
• MySQL exposure

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A passion for IT and software
• Ability to think logically