About this role
Salary: £28,000 - 30,000 per year
Requirements
- A 2:1 or above degree in a STEM subject, or be graduating this year; relevant subjects include Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Natural Sciences or similar
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Analytical and logical problem-solving ability
- Ability to learn new concepts and technologies quickly
- Strong organisational skills
- Genuine interest in software quality, testing and user experience
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
- Willingness to work from our Oxford office at least three days per week
- Desirable: previous software testing or QA experience, including commercial experience, internships, placements or personal projects
- Desirable: experience with Java or Python, Linux, Jira or similar issue-tracking tools, Agile development, API testing, automated tests or software development lifecycles
- Desirable: customer-facing experience, summer internships, industrial placements or part-time work demonstrating initiative and responsibility
- Commercial QA experience is not required
Responsibilities
- Test new software features before release
- Investigate and reproduce software issues
- Verify bug fixes
- Provide feedback on usability and functionality
- Review documentation and product changes
- Work closely with developers and product managers
- Support software releases and maintain quality standards
- Ensure software is thoroughly tested before release
Technologies
- API
- Support
- JIRA
- Java
- Linux
- Python
More
We are an established Oxford-based software company developing highly specialised products for organisations operating in regulated and data-driven environments. We are growing our Quality Assurance team and offer a graduate or junior-level role focused primarily on manual testing, with opportunities to develop automation skills over time. We provide training and career development in a supportive, collaborative team. The role is hybrid, with at least three days per week in our Oxford office. We offer a starting salary of £30,000, an annual bonus of up to 8%, enhanced pension contributions, a childcare contribution scheme, free office lunches twice per week and a dog-friendly office. The interview process includes an initial 30-minute video interview and a 60–90-minute onsite interview in Oxford; no coding test is required.
last updated 43 week of 2026