Techstars Quality Assurance Officer
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Summary
Quality Assurance Officer at Shortlist who designs test plans and automated tests, hunts and tracks bugs through resolution, runs regression testing, and gives improvement feedback to dev and product teams. Needs 3-4 years of hands-on QA experience, SDLC and QA methodology knowledge, AWS basics, and fluency in English and Kiswahili.
Overall Objective
- Ensure the products and feature developed adhere to the defined software requirements.
- Assessing software quality by designing and implementing software testing processes.
- Hunt bugs, identify issues, report them, and manage the resolution process and release of software and features.
- Provide feedback loop to the development teams, product manager and project managers on improvement areas for future releases.
Detailed Description
Responsibilities
- Review and analyze requirements, specifications, and technical design
documents, providing timely feedback. - Develop detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test
cases. - Prioritize and plan testing activities.
- Play the role of test engineer: Design, develop, and execute automated
tests. - Identify and report issues found, then verify that issues are resolved.
- Perform regression testing.
- Help diagnose and troubleshoot issues from first line support.
- Conduct user surveys and understanding feedback.
- Any other related tasks that may be assigned to you from time to time
Skill Set and Qualifications
Key Capabilities
- Good understanding of the software development lifecycle.
- Proven work experience in software quality assurance
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
- Keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence
- Be willing to help your teammates, share your knowledge with them, and
learn from them. - Be open to receiving constructive feedback and turning it into process
improvements. - Ability to work in a distributed team.
- Basic understanding of AWS technologies and Information Security
- Critical thinking and understanding of requirements and issues.
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili
Experience
Minimum 3-4 years on hands experience
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or
equivalent - Professional qualification in testing is an added advantage
- AWS Services basic understanding