QA Engineer

Job Description:

Job Purpose

Own and drive manual test processes and methodologies. Be an integral part of all the product development lifecycle working closely with Research & Development, Product Managers and other teams in the company.

Understand the requirements of the product from the planning stage till product delivery and responsible for creating an end-to-end test plan; executing the plan and managing all activities in the plan to ensure that all the quality objectives are met according to the expected design.

Responsibilities

Execute and evaluate manual or automated test cases and report test results.
Create clear, concise detail-oriented test plans/cases.
Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communications.
Liaison with development, product management, and integration teams
Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
Take ownership over the QA life cycle and contribute towards various testing efforts as Functional, regression and progression, analyzing and managing the result
Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues
Maintain and improve existing test base

Knowledge and Experience

Experience with executing QA tests, tasks and scripts in web / client / server-based environment
3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer in client / server environment
Self-motivated individual who can work independently and also as an engaged member of a team
Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
Ability to think abstract – to ensure ability to not conform to the norm.
Experience working with Complex XML / JSON / EXCEL
Knowledge of QA tools (e.g. fiddler, Postman, SoapUI)
Knowledge in SQL- ability to understand, read and write SQL queries
Knowledge on system architecture (Web/Application Server)
Strong knowledge of QA Documentation and methodologies
Good English for technical reading & writing purposes
Ability to Multitask and Work under pressure
Excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills and attention to detail

Advantages

Technical background - a strong advantage
Experience in developing test automation in either C# or Java - a strong advantage
Financial background and knowledge in financial derivatives – a strong advantage