About us

Our software development teams are based in the Amersham, Bristol, Cheltenham and London offices. The teams produce software for internal use by staff and for external use by clients and intermediaries through the web. We produce a wide variety of business systems that are used across all our practice areas.

Barnett Waddingham is an organisation with a strong commitment to quality, teamwork, openness and innovation. This is a great opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic team supporting the continuous growth of a well-respected professional organisation.vvc

The Role

You will be responsible for planning, developing and executing software test scripts and scenario's in order to ensure developed software meets user requirements. You will also be responsible for developing testing programs to address areas such as regression, negative testing and documentation of software defects, reporting these back to the Development Team. You will have responsibility for composing release communications on new or improved features of an application.

The Person

You will be a Practitioner in Agile Quality Certification (including ISTQB certifications in Tester Foundation Level and Agile Foundation level with demonstrable software quality assurance experience. You will also have experience of carrying-out the full software testing life cycle, in planning, writing, running, tracking and automating tests and experience in software development or testing in a regulated industry or financial services environment. Ideally you will have experience with Azure DevOps/TFS along with a basic understanding of pensions administrator requirements.

What's in it for you

* Working for a company listed as being in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2020

* A competitive (discretionary) annual bonus which has been paid out every year since BW's inception in 1989.

* A set of core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year

* A generous pension scheme – we contribute 8% from day one of your employment

* A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your age and lifestyle including holiday trading, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover for family, extension of life assurance for partners, interest-free season ticket loan, dining card with discounts of up to 50%, give as you earn to your favourite charity, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including fitness centres, travel and leisure companies.

* Career progression opportunities and a focus on training and professional development.

* Fresh fruit and hot & cold drinks provided free of charge

* Sports & social clubs and groups

* Dress-down Fridays

* 1 paid volunteering day per year

* Match-funding for individuals raising money for a recognised charity

Values at Barnett Waddingham

Our values are important to us and we want them to be important to you too: Principled, Quality, Partnership and Respect.

Wellbeing at Barnett Waddingham

Employee wellbeing has always been important to Barnett Waddingham and we believe that wellbeing at work is an awareness of where issues can arise and balancing the needs of employees and the business. We have a number of programmes to support wellbeing at Barnett Waddingham.

Diversity at Barnett Waddingham

We want to have a diverse and inclusive workforce as we believe that it will provide us with high performing teams that will be the driving force behind our continued success.

Corporate Social Investment at Barnett Waddingham

As a firm, we recognise that we have an impact that goes beyond our core activities.

Our corporate social investment programme is an integral part of what we do and is focused on ensuring that our overall impact is a positive one