Johannesburg: Software Quality Engineer posted by Tower Group

About the Role

The Software Quality Engineer role is a critical component of M-Pesa’s software development lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products that meet customer expectations. As a key member of the quality engineering team, you will be responsible for designing and executing manual and automated tests to guarantee excellence in software quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and perform manual and automated testing on all applications from the earliest opportunity and with precision before any application is deployed to production.
• Communicate test issues effectively to the QA manager and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in tool selections and related adoption processes.
• Develop and execute automated test suites using custom tools.
• Integrate test suites into the test management system.
• Ensure adequate test coverage, proper test planning, and communication, and fit for purpose quality assessments.
• Perform and validate results through both automated testing and manual testing, as required.
• Produce & manage test plans, estimate efforts, and test executions.
• Monitor changes to scope during the development cycle and re-evaluate plans and execution accordingly.
• Manage stakeholder expectations of testing activities by identifying and communicating dependencies and timelines, mitigating risks to key milestones where possible, and utilising innovative solutions to streamline software testing lifecycle.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure key infrastructure (environments, interfaces & access) is set-up to enable all required testing activities.
• Manage the UAT process by supporting clients to establish key scenarios to test their business processes.
• Manage processes and procedures locally within the test team and with external teams across the SDLC to drive and implement improvements to optimize efficiency and first-time pass rate.
• Build test scripts from various sources including functional specifications, technical specifications, and sessions with developers and designers.
• Review requirements, specifications, user documentation, and other project documentation to assure quality of the products and tests to be developed (i.e., perform manual static testing).
• Select and develop appropriate test automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation (e.g., data-driven testing).
• Use risk-driven techniques to develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites for various software products (i.e., perform automated dynamic testing).
• Work with the development team to capture and reuse automated unit test cases, test stubs, and drivers, and other development test objects.
• Work with the development team to create and maintain an automated nightly build verification (smoke) test.
• Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used.
• Facilitate in-house performance testing ensuring that all key infrastructure, data requirements are met as well as establishing the best tools for the job.
• Identify key components of the system that are suitable for automation and implement approach to deliver benefits through automation.

Requirements

• Understanding of agile software development
• Experience with Cloud Technology (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience in working on Operating systems like Linux, Windows, and Mainframe
• Experience with Oracle, Mongo DB, Kubernetes, VMware, SQL Server, MySQL database concepts
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, J2EE architecture, .NET, test automation, CI/CD, DevOps, JavaScript, Jenkins, git, Agile software, LoadRunner, Selenium, Appium etc.
• Familiarity with software packing tools (.exe, .deb, .rpm, Docker)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple, diverse projects simultaneously

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (Bachelor’s, LLB, Matric, etc.)

Salary & Benefits

• No information is available in the original job description.