Senior QA Engineer

Job title: Senior QA Engineer

Reporting to: AQ Manager

Location: Our Lula head office is based in Cape Town; however for this role we are open to applications from across South Africa.

ALL STAFF APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANYS EE TARGETS

WHAT WE DO

Lula is an innovative and humanfocused FinTech company on a mission to help small businesses optimise their cash flow. Our purpose is to help SMEs manage their businesses better faster and more simply so they can spend more time doing what they love.

If youre looking for a new place to call home that believes in the potential of the broader SME landscape in South Africa and a place where youll work with awesome people then Lulas the place for you!

Were making business banking fast human Lula!

OUR VALUES

Collaborative were a clan and work together as a team always towards a common goal

Committed were accountable and follow through no matter the challenge

Curious we look for better ways to do things and make a positive difference

Connected we stay close to learn from and look to understand each other and our customers

Compassionate we go out of our way to care about our colleagues our customers and our community

OVERALL PURPOSE

We are looking for an individual with a keen eye for detail who is passionate about continuously improving the quality of the platform and services. The position will be responsible for all aspects of QA within a specific team including functional and nonfunctional testing.

You will be responsible for developing test cases and implementing testing methods and tools to achieve this goal. You will work closely with our Data Engineering and Product teams to ensure that developed functionality is fit for purpose. Additionally you will be responsible for defect monitoring and ensuring all logged issues are prioritised and fixed. Senior QA engineers will also manage releases and ensure all documentation is up to date.

Responsibilities will include:

• Create update and execute test plans and test cases for developed functionality
• Continuously improve test coverage by implementing new manual and automated tests
• Create and update internal QA documentation to ensure that tests are repeatable
• Complete nonfunctional testing like performance stress and security tests
• Review user stories to determine requirements acceptance criteria and test approach
• Provide regular feedback on functionality usability and defects
• Assist customers colleagues and partners with troubleshooting guides and procedures
• Join the teams for Scrum ceremonies such as grooming sprint planning daily scrum standups retrospectives etc.
• Bug/Defect logging and tracking all issues to ensure they are fixed
• Working with development teams on product releases
• Assisting other junior members of the team with testing
• Creating and maintaining automation tests for our API and UI automation suites.
• Release testing and management
• Continuously looking to improve the website

THE COMPETENCIES WERE AFTER

• Excellent open communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical thinker who is process driven
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to live demonstrate and get excited about the Lula values
• You think and put the customer first
• Problemsolving and Root cause analysis
• Mentoring and assisting junior members of the team with testing

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WERE LOOKING FOR

• A relevant tertiary level qualification (BSc in Computer Science BTech BEng) or equivalent
• 6 years experience as a QA Engineer
• Experience across the full SDLC and understanding where QA fits into this process
• QA experience with a C# cloud Azure technology stack
• Experience documenting test and design artifacts (use cases success criteria etc.
• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman Swagger etc. (important to know how to test APIs and automate those API tests)
• Experience with automation testing tools such as Playwright Selenium Framework
• Exposure to databasedriven testing (e.g. Sql server Postgres MySql SqlLite)
• Exposure to data quality validation and reasonability testing
• Performance testing techniques and tools that help stress test and load testing applications
• Exposure to testing of platforms that utilise microservices and/or serviceoriented architecture
• Exposure to cloudbased environments preferably Azure
• Agile development methodologies
• Exposure to source control (e.g. Bitbucket Github)
• Experience in demonstrating functionality in QA environments
• Previous experience in a Fintech would be beneficial
• Significant experience with both white box and black box testing
• ISTQB Foundation certification (advanced is preferred)

Please note that all appointments are subject to our background checking process which may include Credit Criminal and any other job inherent checks.