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Senior Software QA Engineer

Pixl8
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RM 6000 - RM 9000

Glenmarie, Shah Alam

Full-Time

Job Description


The Senior Software QA Engineer role plays an important part in our company’s product and client project development process. We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product and bespoke client project quality.

Ultimately, you should monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve documentation and system issues to meet quality standards.

You will work alongside product owners and developers to develop user stories to a “definition of ready” prior to a sprint and during sprints and working closely within the team to ensure the delivery of high-quality software that is “done”.
QA engineer responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics.

Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests throughout the development lifecycle to ensure software meets quality expectations and client requirements while being cost-effective.

If you hold an engineering background and enjoy providing end-to-end solutions to software quality problems, we’d like to meet you.


Purpose of the role

  • Review design and functional specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables and to provide timely and meaningful feedback
  • Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
  • Prioritizing, planning and coordinating quality testing activities
  • Design, develop and execute test automation scripts using open-source tools
  • Executing test scripts and monitoring/reviewing results
  • Identify, track, record and thoroughly document bugs/technical issues
  • Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
  • Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
  • Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products and bespoke projects to meet client needs
  • Liaise with internal teams (e.g. Developers and Product/Project
  • Managers/Coordinators) to identify and define system requirements
  • Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
  • Stay up-to-date with new testing tools, test strategies, best practices and frameworks

Influence

Works in collaboration with Production and Technical Services teams to ensure that products and client projects are adequately tested to a high standard and compliant with the original scope/requirements.


Job Requirements

Requirements

  • Proven work experience in a software development environment
  • Proven work experience in software quality assurance
  • Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, processes, frameworks and tools
  • Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
  • Experience in current software quality assurance testing best practices and frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium or other suitable opensource test automation tool
  • Hands-on experience with load testing tools, such as Apache JMeter or other suitable test automation tool
  • Knowledge of Javascript scripting language
  • Basic knowledge of SQL scripting
  • Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment

Competencies

  1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  2. Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communications. Liaison with development, project management, and customer support.
  3. Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
  4. Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artefacts like the test data, data validation, harness scripts and automated scripts.
  5. Designing & executing test plans, manual or automated test scripts/test scenarios execution; and capturing/reporting test results
  6. Hold and facilitate test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
  7. Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to management.
  8. Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
  9. Isolate, replicate, and report defects and verify defect fixes.
  10. Coordinating with testers from the client’s side in their effort to test & validate application functionality
  11. Handling issues arising from internal & external quality assurance activities
  12. Expertise in database testing in SQL and Java environments including designing and manipulating test data
  13. Expertise in automated testing in Frontend environment including the creation of Javascript code compliant with test automation tools

Company Benefits

Ongoing Personal Development

Build a career instead of job with us

Weekly Team Lunch

Weekly team lunch

Parking allowance

Subsidised parking allowance


Additional Info

Company Activity

Last active - few days ago

Experience Level

4 - 7 Years of Experience

Job Specialisation

General IT


Company Profile

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Pixl8

Pixl8 is a leading web design and software development agency, working with membership organisations, associations and charities that are seeking digital solutions that go the extra mile. Since 2001, we’ve worked with over 200 organisations to build integrated websites, CRMs, bespoke software and more.

The Pixl8 team work seamlessly across all offices to produce a wide array of work for both big brand, not-for-profit and private sector clients. We use the latest efficient technologies, create responsive websites by default and take pride in producing quality work.
We are big supporters of Open Source and the main project contributors to an open source Enterprise web development platform, Preside,  which is growing in global popularity http://www.preside.org

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Senior Software QA Engineer

Pixl8

RM 6000 - RM 9000

Glenmarie, Shah Alam

Full-Time

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