Have a background in Software Engineering Either a Bachelors' or above in a Science field preferably in Software Engineering, Information systems etc. Have at least three years of professional coding experience covering all facets of Software Development Life cycle (Requirements Gathering, Design, Development while Testing) Can write idiomatic code in a mainstream OOP language such as Java, C# etc. Strong foundation in Object Oriented and Functional Programming principles and experience with any of the relevant languages such as Scala, Kotlin, Closure etc. Solid understanding of the Dependency Injection Pattern and other mainstream Enterprise Design patterns (DAO, Factory, MVC etc.) Strong Test Driven Development experience Can work with other Software Engineers and come up with recipes to write (if necessary) Unit tests using Mocking, Stubbing and other strategies Integration tests within the layers of an Application (Example: Testing the integration between Controller, Service & DAO layers in an MVC architecture) Refactor original source code based as necessary based on Unit tests Can work with Product and Technical leaders to develop Quality assurance plans Understands the right mix of types Testing needed - i.e Unit, Integration, Functional, API/Systems, Regression and Performance testing Can refactor, improve and fix code quality issues Have a good understanding of CI/CD principles, Git Flow strategies and Agile methodologies Solid understanding of Database fundamentals (Data Normalization, Indexing strategies, Data Architecture, NoSQL databases)
You are:
Hands on in writing quality code and test cases Able to assist/write high level test strategies with input from the Dev Feature Lead and/or business and derives time estimates Able to leverage automated testing solutions within the team and projects Able to manage a small team of testers within local, onshore and offshore locations (with aid of QA manager) Able to manage relationships with development and business stakeholders engage proactively with QA Manager regarding project statuses, resourcing, risks Reporting to QA manager on a weekly basis by way of structured reports and informal meetings outlining achievements/issues understand and respond appropriately to internal and external client needs Strong responsibility, accuracy and attention to details. Strong analytical and logical reasoning capability
The following qualifications are necessary:
Full understanding of SDLC, QA and Defect Lifecycle Experience with Test data identification & creation Prepare, execute, and manage software testing engagements Automation skills Assists/writes high level test strategies with input from the Dev Feature Lead and/or business and derives time estimates Leverage automated testing solutions within the team and projects Ability to manage a small team of testers within local, onshore and offshore locations (with aid of QA manager) Manage relationships with development and business stakeholders Engage proactively with QA Manager regarding project statuses, resourcing, risks Reporting to QA manager on a weekly basis by way of structured reports and informal meetings outlining achievements/issues Understand and respond appropriately to internal and external client needs
