Quality Assurance Engineer at eHealth Systems Africa

Purpose of the position 

• The Associate, Quality Assurance Engineer will support the development and execution of product quality.
• S/he will also assist in the designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions.
• The Associate, Quality Assurance Engineer will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts).  
• Also, perform administrative duties such as maintaining documentation, and project logs.
• Also, this will involve much customer support activities with different end users of the Product.

Keywords: JavaScript, Git, Python, Django

What you’ll do  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

• Create comprehensive Test plans
• Review and analyze system specifications in collaboration with development team
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans
• Execute test cases (manual and automated) and analyze results
• Evaluate product features and performance according to specifications
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Help troubleshoot issues
• Write comprehensive test reports
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Contribute toward the continuous improvement of project management methodology utilized within the Development team.
• Miscellaneous projects and duties as assigned to support the management team.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field. 
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software Development of education and experience in an Agile setting.
• Knowledge and experience in Agile Software Development Methodology
• Good understanding of JavaScript. Strong background in Python/Java.
• Good understanding of RESTful API design, usage and best practices.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
• Good understanding of databases and SQL. Exposure to NoSQL Databases ideal.
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• Strong functional and regression tests and debugging skills as well as a good understanding of code versioning tools (Git).
• Skills in software performance testing
• Experience in creation and review of software and architecture designs.
• Fluent in English.