Software Quality Assurance Specialist at Traction Apps

About Traction:

Traction is building the largest merchant ecosystem platform for SMEs in Africa, enabling a one stop platform for them to grow and manage their business, and we are achieving this through 3 foundational stacks - in-person payments, lending and business tools.

We are on the lookout for a Software Quality Assurance Specialist who will be responsible for developing and applying test processes for new and existing products to meet the company needs.

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 the company 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

Requirements:

• Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree
• At least 6 years’ experience as a QA Engineer
• Must have a can-do attitude
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills