Senior Test Engineer

Description

Position at VIPRE Security Group

A Senior Test Engineer sets out QA processes for the team to follow and strives to improve them. S/he mastered the technical skills necessary for the job. S/he is a self learner, invests time in understanding, documenting the test tasks / features. S/he also has an ability to mentor juniors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review product, feature, design specifications
• Define stories, create test plan
• Develop manual test cases
• Strive to automate wherever possible
• Help stakeholders in their estimation
• Participate in sprint plannings, etc
• Perform feature, regression, release testing
• Write clear and concise bug reports and help developers to narrow down issues
• Proactively work towards improving product and processes
• Coordinates to stakeholders, developers and meeting key dates, project milestones and progress reports.

Working Relationships

• Directly reports to the Lead Test Engineer

Working Location

• Remote, Philippines

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering or other related courses
• Ability to work and adapt to different programming languages

Having any of the following is an advantage:

• Having strong automation experience
• Comfortable in at least two of the technologies or similar tools:
• Frameworks: Appium, Cucumber/Selenium, Robot Framework, PyTest, Any desktop automation framework, Any API/Web Service Automation Framework
• Programming/Scripting Languages: Python, Java, Powershell, Bash and Batch scripting
• Strong knowledge and working experience in Software QA processes and methodologies.
• Experience in testing at least one of desktop or mobile app
• Experience in working in any software development life cycle or Agile software development methodologies
• Experience in operating systems such as Windows, MacOS and Linux
• Knowledge and/or experience with virtualization technologies such as Docker, VMWare, VirtualBox and Google Cloud Virtual Machines

Other skills:

• Be a self-starter with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize work
• Good root cause analysis
• Integrity and commitment to quality
• Motivate others and lead by example
• Ability to mentor juniors
• Tenacious solution oriented approach and drive for results
• Possesses superior analytical and quantitative skills
• Rational with good professional judgment, able to deal well with ambiguity
• Passion for emerging technology and customer-focused innovation
• A good team player
• Excellent prioritization skills for multiple critical priorities and projects
• Quick learner, self-motivated and ready to take initiative
• Ability to work independently and organize time effectively
• Has a strong sense of urgency and conscious of efficiency
• Excellent command of both oral and written English communication