Senior Software Tester

Job Summary:

The Software Tester role will be responsible for ensuring product quality and reliability as we deliver the next iteration of the DRAMS solution, currently being developed using Angular. Working alongside our Product Manager and Development Team, this role will primarily involve maintaining and executing automatic tests on new and existing software, while assisting to produce and execute manual testing scripts as needed. You will be focused on ensuring that our products meet customer expectations, consistent with product design.

Job Description:

Location: Aberdeen (Hybrid) / UK (Remote)

Full Time: 5 days/week

Pay: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

Who are we?

At DRAMS Software, we're revolutionising the way maturing spirit producers manage their bulk inventory and distillery warehouses. Our solutions are trusted by a number of high-profile UK and international companies including Beam Suntory, Bacardi, Campari, William Grant & Sons, Whyte & Mackay, and Glenmorangie. With a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, quality and collaboration, we're proud to be growing our company globally, whilst staying true to our Scottish roots and values.

What is unique about us?

We understand that building a truly unique and dedicated system requires a diverse team of talented individuals to make it happen. At DRAMS, we put our people first, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, empowered, and supported. As a remote-first organisation, we offer opportunities for personal and professional growth, guided by transparent and approachable leadership. With our unique industry position and commitment to innovation and customer-centricity, DRAMS Software is a place where your career can thrive.

You'll enjoy excellent benefits including:

• Competitive base salary + a market-leading discretionary bonus

• Remote-first working

• 32 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays), increasing to 34 after 1 year

• Progressive parental leave policies

• Company sick pay, private healthcare insurance + virtual GP, wellbeing support (incl. discounted gym memberships), life assurance, & income protection

• 5% employer pension contribution

• Regular in-person team events

• Funded training and development programs

• Work from home office equipment allowance

We believe in fostering each other's strengths and trusting each other to deliver great results, no matter where you're based. With 30 colleagues working remotely and in hybrid roles across the UK and Ireland, we've built a comprehensive on-boarding process to set you up for success. You'll not only get the opportunity to make a key contribution to the way we run our business locally, but we also form part of the global Volaris Group which means you'll be able to navigate your future career within the wider group too - the best of both worlds we think!

What will I be doing day-to-day?

At the very core, you will be focused on ensuring that our products meet customer expectations and are consistent with product design. You'll work closely with our Product Manager and Development Team to ensure product quality and reliability as we deliver the next iteration of the DRAMS solution, a web-based product currently being developed using Angular. This will involve maintaining and executing primarily automated tests on new and existing software.

Main Duties include (but are not limited to):

• Maintain and execute automated (currently Playwright) test plans and their assets, including test data, and other necessary components.

• Ownership of the existing test framework and enhancing the suite into the future.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with our Development and Customer Care teams to help deliver projects within mapped timeframes.

• Support the process for the creation and execution of manual test scripts, ensuring that testing frameworks and procedures are used correctly.

• Define and document acceptance criteria and test plans for new development tasks based on analysis of functional requirements and user stories.

• Record and report on test results, including failure modes, untestable designs, and other flaws and work with developers to address and resolve failures.

• Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression)

• Keep user experience front of mind during testing and suggest usability improvements where necessary.

• Continually look for opportunities to maximise testability and automatic testing coverage, suggesting and implementing improvements to working methods

Who will I report to?

You will report to our Product Manager. However, you will also work closely with other functional teams such as our Research & Development and Customer Care teams.

We'd love to chat if you have:

• 5+ years in a testing role with similar responsibilities.

• 3+ years automation testing experience (Playwright preferred).

• A bachelor's degree in computing science or a related discipline (class 2:1 or higher).

• A natural advocate for the end user, with a keen eye for usability, accessibility, and product experience.

• Working knowledge of modern quality assurance and test management practices and tools.

• Experience with accessibility testing is advantageous.

• Familiarity with testing front-end applications developed in Angular.

• Experience with Playwright is ideal; experience with Selenium, Cypress, or similar acceptable with willingness to cross-train.

• Knowledge and experience in agile/waterfall methodologies

• Excellent written and conversational communication skills.

• A strong collaborative mindset, with the ability to partner effectively across teams to identify, troubleshoot, and solve quality issues.

• An eye for detail and preference for "number problems" including comfort and skill working with numeric data.

• The ability to meet deadlines consistently within the projected scopes.

• Currently holds independent right to work in the UK.

Values

We value people with a growth mindset who listen, learn, and seek to improve. Successful people in our team listen, support, and value their colleagues, communicating openly and honestly, taking pride in their work, and focussing on meeting the needs of our customers and our business.

Be inspired, be valued, and be part of something extraordinary with us.

How do I apply?

If you think you are the right fit for this role, please click 'Apply' and submit your CV via the online application process.

DRAMS reserves the right to enhance the criteria as necessary to facilitate the shortlisting process.

DRAMS is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings:

1

About Us

The DRAMS product, originally developed by Grampian Software and latterly Trapeze (part of the Volaris Group), has been around since the early 1970s.DRAMS has been specifically developed to cater for maturing stocks, and over the last 40 years the system has constantly evolved to meet the changing operational, legislative and commercial needs of the whisky industry, whilst exploiting the expanded technical potential of the evolving IT market. The effectiveness of the DRAMS solution, together with the quality of its dedicated and experienced support team, has made DRAMS the market leader in its field.

We will retain unsuccessful applicant's details for 6 months at which point these will be destroyed and will not be shared with any third parties without the applicants consent.

DRAMSis an equal opportunity employer, we recruit, hire, train, promote and provide all other privileges of employment to qualified people without regard to age, race, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, marital status, citizenship status, ethnicity, familial status, religion, sexual orientation or any other classification for which discrimination is prohibited.