Environment:

If sinking your teeth into complex numerical calculations is your thing, then a reputable investment firm wants you as their next technical software tester to join their Cape Town offices. You will play a key role to ensure the highest software quality from the backend to frontend. You require a computer science/business information systems Degree or relevant solid experience, experience testing financial applications, be skilled in Scala, JavaScript, UFT, SQL, understand manual testing and know when its most effective for an automated test to live (Unit, Integration, E2E).

Duties:

• Estimate effort for testing tasks.
• Define the test approach for each sprint.
• Extract test requirements for user stories.
• Design and create test cases.
• Execute test cases manually/automated.
• Manual front-end functional testing of applications – which includes system, integration, regression and end to end testing as well as exploratory testing.
• Collaborate closely with developers, identifying, logging, prioritising and verifying defects in a defect tracking system.
• Manage and maintain the test environments and test data.
• Implement automated tests.
• Develop test tools and extend test frameworks and test environments.
• First line support and root cause analysis of production issues and proactive, friendly, transparent and efficient support service.
• Play a central role in establishing best practises for testing in an agile environment.
• Continuous improvement initiatives specifically with regard to quality.
• Product risk mitigation thereby limiting defects in production.
• Project risk mitigation thereby ensuring a smooth deployment process.
• Manage and maintain the regression test suits (manual/automated).
• Carry out exploratory testing.
• Final sign-off of new releases.

Requirements:

• Degree in computer science/business information systems ideal, but solid experience will be considered as well.
• Understand the systems you are testing.
• Can program (we use Scala, JavaScript and UFT amongst others) or are interested in learning to program.
• Know how to write SQL.
• Know where it is most effective for an automated test to live. (Unit, Integration, E2E)
• Understand the benefits of manual testing but also the costs.
• Care about releasing great software.
• Experience testing financial applications.
• You will need to help solve the complex testing issues we face.
• You will need to help solve the small testing issues we face.

Attributes:

• Enjoy complicated numerical calculations.
• Can speak the same language as the developers.
• You continually try to improve your testing skills.
• You read widely about what is happening in the world of testing.
• You know that learning didn’t end with the last course you did but rather it’s continuous for the rest of your life.
• Able to deal with a wide range of people often under severe stress.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

Comments:

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Posted on 19 Jun 14:12