qa tester London, England
Job description
Video Tester
Streaming
Permanent
Office location: ITV White City (We operate hybrid working patterns)
Hiring range: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
For more information please email [email protected]
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow, and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it.
Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
We are seeking a Video Tester for our streaming video teams working on ITVX. The Video teams ensure the playback services are fully live and performing to a high standard, looking at a roadmap of improving playback experience and quality on a continuous basis.
As a Video Tester, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our platform by conducting testing across various devices and platforms.
Impact millions. Join Streaming Tech & Work on ITVX.
Day-to-Day Outline:
- Conduct manual testing of the Streaming VOD platform across various devices and platforms, including mobile phones, tablets, web browsers, smart TVs, and gaming consoles.
- Write, review and execute test cases to ensure the platform is functioning as expected, including edge cases and negative scenarios.
- Collaborate with the development team to identify, isolate, and troubleshoot issues as they arise, and work to ensure they are fixed in a timely manner.
- Create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports.
- Perform regression testing after every release to ensure existing functionality is not broken.
- Participate in continuous improvement activities to identify and implement process improvements for the testing phase.
- Provide clear and concise feedback to stakeholders on the status of testing, including issues and potential risks.
Skills You’ll Need (minimum role criteria):
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in testing of web and mobile applications, preferably with experience in video streaming.
- Solid understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies.
- Experience with bug tracking tools such as Jira, Trello or similar.
- Experience with test management tools such as TestRail or similar.
- Experience with testing on various devices and platforms, including mobile phones, tablets, web browsers, smart TVs, and gaming consoles.
- Excellent attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
- Experience testing VOD and/or Live streaming web and mobile applications.
- Knowledge of key streaming features such as DRM, encoding etc.
- Cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure etc).
- Awareness of backend processes/technologies that support VOD/Live streaming (transcoding, CDN’s etc)
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at [email protected].
- There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including
- Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
More about our benefits
Closing date: Wednesday 12th July 2023
