Apprentice - Software Tester

The Role Department-

Group Technology

Hybrid (1-2 days in the office, 3-4 at home)

18-20 months (This is a full time role from Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours per week)

Fixed Term Contract

L4 Software Tester

£27,405

Group Technology provides technical solutions that underpin everything we do at ITV, such as the networks we run on, the devices we use, and key software products used across the business.

The Product Management Team delivers bespoke software to service Group level functions such as Finance and HR. Among other things, we ensure our on‑screen talent gets paid, and that the army of people working on our productions are contracted correctly, and have access to the systems they need.

Our ethos is to fully own our products – we design, build, test, deliver, run, and support those products. Our software is deployed on ITV's Cloud platforms to ensure reliability and security.

The Software Test Engineer role is responsible for ensuring the quality of the developed software products, and that they meet the specified requirements.

• Pairing with other testers, developers, and business analysts to learn aspects of the software products
• Performing exploratory testing to verify system behaviour and uncover defects
• Tracking and investigating issues identified by automated regression tests
• Writing automated tests to assure our products remain correct over their lifetime
• Performing tests against service APIs, user interfaces, databases, and code units as appropriate
• Working with the developers to ensure the quality of the solution as it is being built, including attending 3 amigo sessions, demo's, code reviews, etc
• Taking part in team meetings to effectively share progress
• Learning software development and testing tools and techniques

• Apply structured approaches and techniques to perform system level testing of software products
• Write and maintain automated tests using Java and/or Java script/Typescript
• Analyse business requirements to extract key priorities and identify edge cases
• Design and build test cases to efficiently cover business requirements
• Follow agile software development methodologies to collaborate with team members and stakeholders
• Appreciation of testing activities that are performed throughout the entire software development lifecycle
• Work with Cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP
• Manage tasks and defects using collaboration tools
• Process and interpret test results, and other related data
• Use source control and continuous integration tools
• Experience working in a professional, high performing team
• Able to work both individually, and closely with other team members
• Systematically break down work into individual tasks

• Analytical mindset with logical reasoning and a structured approach to solving problems
• Rigorous approach with strong attention to detail

• Awareness of software development through study, work, or personal projects (JavaScript/Type Script or Java preferred)
• Demonstrable interest in technology or engineering

• Able to follow direction and learn from others
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
• Positive, proactive attitude with a willingness to learn

• Clear communication and good interpersonal skills

• Genuine curiosity about media technology and how content moves from source to screen at ITV

• Motivation to continuously learn, including programming languages such as Python or Java and emerging cloud technologies
• Adaptable and open to new tools, techniques, and ways of working

• Strong time management and ability to balance project work with apprenticeship study requirements
• Comfortable contributing in collaborative environments such as Agile ceremonies

• Self‑starter who explores problems, asks questions, and looks for ways to improve processes

As this is a Level 4 Apprenticeship, we require you to have/be predicted to achieve the below qualifications.

GCSE…