Software Tester

Who are we?

The Student Energy Group provides simple monthly statements that cover green energy, water, broadband, and TV license services. We aim to make our customers' lives as easy as possible, but we don’t want to stop there! We want to go further. We want to make a difference to the environment! We will make a stand for our precious planet; together.

As a company, we are relatively young but growing extremely quickly which is why we’re looking for someone to join our family and help shape the future of The Student Energy Group.

Although the role is detailed below and it's important you’ve got the skill set the most important part for us is the culture fit. We want all members of the TSEG family to live by this one value…

“DOING THE RIGHT THING – BY EVERYONE”

It’s a simple one but it’s at the core of what we do. Do the right thing for our customers and do the right thing for each other. We also have some pledges; you can see these on our website.

We’ll ask you about how we run our company, we’ll ask for your feedback, your thoughts and ideas and we WILL listen.

You’ll need drive, determination, enthusiasm, and a desire to be your best self every day. In return you’ll get a great salary, awesome benefits like private medical care, option to work in our fantastic new office in the Jewellery Quarter and you’ll join one of the fastest\-growing companies in the UK.

What’s the role?

We’re searching for an ambitious Software Tester to help us deliver industry leading systems. You’ll be responsible for testing our in\-house development, working closely with our Development Team and the Business Improvement Team.

What can you expect from us?

Aside from joining our family and one of the fastest growing companies in the UK you’ll get a great salary and awesome benefits such as…

· Full private medical care for you

· Death in service cover

· Bonus scheme of up to 10% based on personal targets

· Social events once per quarter

· Support with educational qualifications (dependent on role)

· Company pension

· Sick pay

· Private dental

What do we expect from you?

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

Experience \& requirements

• 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

Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,000\.00\-£35,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension


• Referral programme


• Work from home

Application question(s):

• 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)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham B1 3HR

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