Web Tester – Contract recruitment

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) is the world's leading provider of research to investors in renewable energy, biofuels, low-carbon technologies and the carbon markets. The company's research staff of 50 (based in London, Washington, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Tel Aviv and Perth) tracks deal flow in venture capital, private equity, MA, public markets, asset finance and carbon credits around the world.

After five years of extremely rapid growth New Energy Finance was acquired by Bloomberg at the end of 2009. Bloomberg is one of the world's leading information providers whose pioneering use of technology and vibrant culture have delivered 20 years of explosive growth. We are extremely excited by the new opportunities offered by bringing New Energy Finance into Bloomberg and the next few years will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure.

Working in a global, corporate environment, you will be part of a team of experienced back-end and front-end developers. You will be passionate about new technologies and software design methodologies and always looking for creative new ways to tackle problems. The exact skillset required for this role is reasonably flexible. The role will be split between writing a testing strategy for new functionality and ensuring continued quality of service for smaller changes.

Essential

* Eye for detail consistency

* Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues

* Testing Web Applications

* Automated Web Testing (Selenium)

* Writing Unit Tests (PHP Unit)

* Writing Integration Tests

* Stress Testing

* Writing maintainable Testing Plans

* Working across multiple projects at once

* X-browser testing

Desirable but not essential

* Testing Mobile Applications

* Stress Testing

* Experience working in a corporate / financial sector

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.