PlotBox, one of Northern Ireland's most innovative companies, is currently recruiting for a QA Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a company that has been recognised for their work. A home grown company, somewhere you will find "a home" and can develop your career with the right training and mentorship.
As a QA Engineer working closely with the Product and Development teams in an Agile delivery environment your responsibilities will include:
- Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
- Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
- Estimate, prioritise, plan and coordinate testing activities
- Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
- Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
- Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
- Monitor debugging process results
- Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
- Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
- Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
Requirements
- Proven work experience in software quality assurance
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
- Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
- Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in an appropriate subject OR 1 years professional experience in a similar role
Desirable
- Proven work experience in software development
- Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting
- Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
This job comes with several perks and benefits
Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.
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