Quality Assurance Engineer

Minimum Requirements: 

• 4+ years proven work experience in software development
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Be accountable, trustworthy, and a good team collaborator
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Excellent communication skills (English)
• Experience in working and managing remote teams
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments

Nice to have

• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• Experience with deployment processes
• Knowledge of SQL and scripting
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience working for e-learning platforms
• Experience working with data analytics

Responsibilities: 

• Liaise with product manager and developers to identify system requirements
• Review product specifications and technical documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Set the QA process objectives to support the fulfillment of all product requirements
• Create test plans, manage test activities, and monitor quality deliverables
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Conduct testing activities during appropriate development stages to eliminate bugs and flaws
• Be responsible for quality gate-keeping prior to product releases
• Document the testing results and analyze the errors to identify their root cause
• Work with product, developers, customer support and other stakeholders to support feature releases,
  integration flows, troubleshoot testing failures and bugs
• Communicate activities and progress
• Monitor performance and uncover system vulnerabilities through testing scenarios and bug tracking
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Understand system configuration and user personas to support end to end testing scenarios
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs across various products
• Monitor debugging process results
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions