Roles and tasks of the tester
The tester is a professional who plays an essential role in product quality. The main duties and responsibilities of a tester are as follows:
- Assessing product quality: the tester is responsible for checking the quality of products and ensuring that they meet the required specifications and standards. The tester carries out the necessary tests to ensure that the products are reliable and ready for use.
- Developing test methodologies: the tester is responsible for designing and implementing test methodologies to ensure that products meet requirements.
- Reporting: the tester must produce reports for other team members and for customers. The reports should describe all the tests carried out, their results and potential implications.
- Define test processes: the tester must define and implement the appropriate test processes and ensure that these are properly documented and kept up to date.
- Assess the impact of changes: the tester is responsible for analysing the impact of changes made to the product and associated processes.
- Analyse data and results: the tester is responsible for analysing data and test results to determine whether the product complies with specifications.
- Managing quality problems: the tester is responsible for detecting and resolving quality problems and improving processes.
- Working with other departments: the tester must also work with other departments to ensure that products and processes comply with specifications.
Salary and career development for testers
A tester's salary depends largely on his or her experience and geographical location. Testers can expect average gross annual salaries ranging from €36,000 to €52,000, depending on their level of experience. Changes in gross annual salary according to years of experience in France :
- 0 to 2 years: between €36,000 and €38,000
- 2 to 5 years: between €39,000 and €44,000
- 5 to 10 years: between €45,000 and €48,000
- 10 to 15 years: between 49,000 and 52,000 euros
- Over 15 years: between €53,000 and €58,000
Testers can envisage a variety of careers and use their experience to develop and advance their careers. Here are some of the possible careers:
- Quality specialist
- Software analyst
- Software test analyst
- Project manager
- Software consultant
