Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (CM) – Cape Town (6-month Contract)

We are looking for a focused, self- motivated and dynamic individual to join our Software Development Team. Reporting to the Team Lead, the successful candidate will ensure the testing needs for all supported projects are met in a timely manner and that all software products meet the quality levels set by Business. The Senior QA Engineer will be responsible for the analysis, planning, execution and reporting of technical test related activities for developed business applications, ensuring that they are effectively tested against agreed functional and non-functional requirements prior to, and post-production deployment. Our ideal candidate should have strong technical testing, interpersonal and communication skills, working diligently with Development and Product teams to deliver high quality software.

Please note that this role is HYBRID.

Key Responsibilities

Quality from the start get involved in the user story definition process and write test scenarios upfront.
Bring a QA perspective to planning sessions and ensure test effort is taken into consideration.
Work close with developers to ensure that quality is considered, and they are creating the right kind of tests.
Work with product owners to ensure they sign off work items during the UAT phase.
Support Assist with resolution and reproduction of user software problems.
Creation of automated test within as well as conversion of current manual tests.
Work within the ATDD framework and define items using BDD style syntax.
Ensure that bugs are treated with importance and try to limit the amount that make it live.
Coaching & Mentoring of Junior/Mid QA Engineers.

Essential Competencies

Experience with contemporary load/stress/performance/automation testing tools.
Experience solving technical problems and ability to translate technical requirements into test plans.
Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Culture.

Minimum Requirements

Good general Development programming knowledge.
Good general IT knowledge.
Ability to find defects and bugs quickly.
Experience with backend database testing, including validating stored procs, jobs and triggers.
Understanding of systems and architecture (DBs, Servers, Networks etc.)
Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experiences in Quality Management Software and Processes.
Knowledge and experience in technical aspects of software solution being tested.
Functional/Technical Skills.
Business process understanding.

Personal competencies