QA Engineer at Mkobo Microfinance Bank Limited (Mkobobank)

Job Role

• Mkobo is currently pivoting to a full service digital bank/Neobank by launching mkobobank.com.
• Our goal is to help hard working people to grow their wealth by making it easy for them to earn, save, spend and invest their hard earned money.
• We are currently recruiting for a dynamic, creative, flexible and experienced QA Engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated test to ensure product quality.

Responsibilities

• Test mobile applications across various platforms (iOS and Android) to identify and report defects, inconsistencies, and usability issues.
• Develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Monitor debugging process results
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Test current products and identify deficiencies
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Develop and monitor performance metrics for all stages of the production process
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements and ensure consistent project execution
• Plan, create and manage the overall quality planning strategy
• Identify quality assurance process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Leverage automation capability for API testing
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.

Qualifications

• BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Minimum of 3+ years experience as QA Software Engineer
• Familiar with native Android and IOS development frameworks
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Proven work experience in software development and quality assurance
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing, hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with performance and/or security testing
• Familiarity with different types of testing (functional, regression, integration, etc.) and related techniques
• Know and understand the rules of creating a good API, how http works, and how to create JSON/XML files.
• Proven work experience in the use of tools that are good for particular test tasks (Charles, Postman, JMeter, etc.)
• Must be familiar with programming skills like Java, Python, or Javascript.
• Must be experienced in developing and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Proficiency in developing automated test systems
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies