QA Engineer

A Quality Assurance (QA) Tester is someone who works with software to ensure that it works properly before it becomes available to the public by testing parts of the project at different stages of development. QA testers work on often tedious aspects of software in order to approve its quality. Testers are experienced in Testing New Software, Products and Apps which is usually done either manually or automated. A QA Tester is involved in tasks that include software design, writing source code, control of source code, reviewing code, configuration management, change management, program testing, integration of the software, and release management process.

• Create test plans, detailed test cases and design specifications to use during the testing and development process
• Ensure the quality of project implementation
• End-to-end test planning and strategy
• Test scheduling, case documentation and execution
• Liaise with technical and business teams to ensure project goals and objects are testable and verified
• Implement quality assurance in conjunction with adapting processes, policies and standards
• Identify deficiencies in existing processes, policies and standards
• Review project business and technical requirements and work closely with the Business Analyst for clarifications
• Write functional test plans and detailed test cases, applying various test techniques
• Create necessary test data prior to test execution
• Execute manual test cases and track the defects accordingly
• Pro-actively review test cases with peers to ensure adequate test coverage
• Review scripts created by peers and suggest appropriate changes for optimization
• Produce reports and documentation for all testing efforts, activities, data, logging and tracking
• Identify, analyse, and document defects
• Conduct all types of application testing as needed including system, unit, regression, load and acceptance testing methods
• Learn and understand the application functionality to resolve compliance issues and ensure quality assurance
• Ensure project creative vision and design requirements are verifiable and testable
• Ensure consistency across digital, social media, design and user engagement requirements

• Degree/Certification in Software Engineering/Information Technology or any related course
• With 3 years’ experience in preparing formal test plans, test cases and bug reporting
• Working knowledge of Selenium Automation
• Background in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle and strong knowledge of the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Exposure on various testing methodologies such as Waterfall, V-Model, Hybrid and Agile (Scrum) Software Engineering Methodologies
• Extensive experience in different testing methods such as Functional Testing, Performance Testing, Database Testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Compatibility Testing, and Stress Testing
• Proficient in Windows, MS SQL, Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, as well as Excel, Access and other databases
• Experience in testing UX, design and functionality on responsive websites
• Experience in using and administering bug tracking software, knowledge in using Mantis bug tracker is an advantage

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