Quality Assurance Engineer at FSDH Merchant Bank Limited

Job Description

• We are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.
• QA engineer responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions.
• You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)
• The QA technician role plays an important part in our company’s product development process.
• Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs, while being cost-effective. If you hold an engineering background and enjoy providing end-to-end solutions to software quality problems, we’d like to meet you.
• Ultimately, you should monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards..

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• 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
• 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
• Monitor debugging process results
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies.

Requirements

• Proven work experience in software development
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• An entrepreneurial mindset with outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Exceptional communication skills, and demonstrated ability to build high-trust relationships
• Passionate, hungry and eager to build FSDH into a world-class financial supermarket.

Hours of work:

• 40 hours per week, the usual working hours are from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm WAT.
• There will be a requirement from time to time to start work earlier or finish later as the role dictates.