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Do you want to be part of a force for good, helping to make life better for customers & society in the moments that matter? At Hodge, we put people at the heart of our business and that means our customers, colleagues and communities. Hodge is a Welsh financial service provider that focus on commercial lending, savings and specialist residential mortgage markets. The company is unique in that it is 79% owned by the Hodge Foundation, a charity established in 1962 that awards grants to registered charities and is funded by the profits from Hodge.

Under the overall management of the Test and QA Lead, undertake testing of enhancement and new features on a single delivery team and contribute to the technical landscape of Hodge. Engage with the wider IT and Change Teams to contribute to continual improvement of software testing and QA practices.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the Group’s products and processes, to ensure that testing work is aligned to the needs of the business.
• Gain an understanding of the infrastructure and application design of the systems landscape.
• Support the design and creation of test cases.
• Understand core architectural patterns and frameworks used by Hodge.
• Feed into test planning and estimation activities and use the exposure to build experience-based estimation.
• Ensure the business requirements match the delivered solution and challenge if they do not.
• Support the execution of manual functional, non-functional, and regression testing to satisfy the business and technical requirements of Epics, Features and User Stories.
• Produce high quality test output e.g. Bugs, Reports.
• Proactively seek development opportunities within the test team and externally e.g. ISTQB, Java Courses.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies to improve change and Quality Assurance practices.

Essential

• Experience in testing, estimation and an understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Technical aptitude and drive to learn testing skills and techniques
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills

Please be aware that should we pursue your application, all our Financial Services employees will be expected to complete background checks to assess suitability for employment, these include; a criminal record, identity, sanctions, adverse finance, fraud prevention and reference checks to comply with our regulatory requirements.

Hodge is an advocate of being an equal opportunities employer, We believe in promoting equality and diversity which is central to our lives today. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to an organisation.

Apply today to become part of Hodge’s mission to make life better for customers and society in the moments that matter.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £24,500.00-£25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Yearly bonus

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/09/2023
Reference ID: Junior Test Analyst