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JOB DETAILS
Job Band: D
Contract Type: Permanent Full-time.
Department: Studios Product Assurance
Location: London Hybrid
Proposed Salary Range: depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. London Weighting is added on top of the base salary expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
WE ARE BBC STUDIOS
A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the worlds most sought-after TV audio and digital content.
Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful entertaining and inspiring stories for people all around the world.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join BBC Studios to help shape high-quality digital products used across global platforms. As a Senior Tester Automation Specialist youll play a critical role in ensuring the quality of our CMS front-end and API products using automation to support scalable reliable delivery at speed.
WHY TO JOIN THE TEAM
Joining the CMS team at BBC Studios means becoming part of a forward-thinking globally recognised media company committed to delivering world-class digital products. As a Senior Tester Automation Specialist youll have the opportunity to work on high-impact platforms that reach international audiences contributing directly to the quality of content experiences across web and API layers. Youll collaborate with a passionate and supportive team that values innovation continuous learning and engineering excellence. This role offers a strong focus on automation CI/CD integration and modern testing practices empowering you to shape the testing strategy and mentor others while staying at the forefront of quality assurance.
YOUR KEY RESPONSABILITIES AND IMPACT
- Shape and execute the product or streams test strategy ensuring robust coverage across frontend CMS and API layers.
- Own automation design implementation and maintenance using Playwright (or similar) with Cucumber integrating into CI/CD pipelines.
- Plan estimate and report on testing activities using data to assess quality manage risk and guide release readiness.
- Collaborate across teams to coordinate cross-product testing improve processes and embed shift-left practices.
- Mentor testers share best practices and contribute to the wider quality community to drive consistency and learning.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Strong manual and automation testing background in agile environments with expertise in Playwright with TypeScript and Cucumber or similar tools.
- Proven experience testing CMS platforms RESTful APIs and ensuring usability accessibility and cross-browser compatibility.
- Skilled in designing and maintaining automation frameworks working with CI/CD and interpreting metrics for improvement.
- Effective communicator and collaborator able to work independently manage defects and support planning/reporting.
- Experienced in mentoring testers using test management tools (e.g. Jira TestRail Xray) and promoting QA best practices.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
- Experience contributing to wider quality strategies and introducing new tools or frameworks.
- Knowledge of non-functional testing areas such as performance or security.
- Active involvement in testing or quality communities of practice.
- Awareness of accessibility usability and cross-browser compatibility best practices.
NEXT STEPS
We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
