Quality Assurance Engineer

The Quality Analyst 2 role, with a stronger emphasis on Data Quality Testing, works within our agile/scrum product engineering team to work on assigned testing tasks provided and overseen by a more senior quality analyst. This role takes on and completes small tasks to the definition of done, works with immediate peers, and communicates appropriately. Quality Analyst role with a stronger emphasis on data quality testing.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews User Stories and Acceptance Criteria to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Designs, develops, maintains functional test cases, and ensures all tests are traceable.
• Ensures defects are recorded, reported, re-tested, and traceable to the user story.
• Applies SDLC and STLC concepts.
• Participates in the creation and updates of the quality strategy.
• Ensures user expectations are met during the testing process.
• Documents test results.

Requirements:

• Graduation or post-graduation degree in computer science or engineering fields, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of overall software testing experience.
• 1+ years of experience in test automation of test cases and data quality testing.
• Experience writing SQL queries, querying relational databases, ETL testing, and API testing.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, ADO, and Postman
• Basic programming skills in C#, Java, or another object-oriented language.
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology, including Agile ceremonies.
• Understanding of the various QA terminologies, SDLC, and STLC.

Skills:

• Growth Mindset: Open to learning new skills and recognizes weaknesses in themselves.
• Empathy and Humility: Understands, on a basic level, and builds on the viewpoints of others. Makes sound decisions, keeping the customer in the forefront.
• Communication: Communicates effectively with immediate peers.
• Initiative: Does not wait to be asked. If you are stuck on something, you seek help quickly. Open-minded about your own skill set.
• Objectivity and Adaptability: Objective in evaluating your work and comfortable and accepting of new contexts and roles.
• Technical Understanding and Prioritization: Shows some confidence in technical understanding, including the importance of prioritization.
• Product Knowledge: Understands the purpose of the product. Learns how it can be adapted to meet different needs.
• Debugging and Monitoring: Understands debugging basics, the appropriate tools to use, and is beginning to rely on good monitoring practices.
• Security: Understands the importance of security, handling data responsibly, and basic security principles and applies them to daily work.
• User Focus: Can describe the typical user and some of their needs and problems. Works to observe users regularly.
• Visual Design: Follows a style guide to produce smaller features. Has a good grounding in typography, color, and layout.
• Application Testing: Understands how to test code and the valuable role that testing plays.
• Attention to Detail: Completes tasks to a good level of detail. Maps out failure states. Thinks about interaction details.
• Culture and Togetherness: Is conscious of signaling and tries to act as they would expect other team members to act. Works to develop good positive relationships. Participates in team activities.
• Stakeholder Management: Keeps tangential teams informed and manages expectations around everyday work updates. Uses judgment about others' reactions when disclosing information and opinions.