Principal QA Engineer at Teya

About the Job

Job Description

Your Team

• You will work with a diverse team to help shape the future of a custom branded payment, ordering & loyalty app. Your team will use technologies such as Cypress, SQL, Appium, Postman, HPQC, Spira test, and testlink. 

Your Mission

On a regular day as a Principal QA Engineer, you will:

• Develop and implement QA test policies, test strategy, procedures, and, standards across the organization;
• Establish and maintain QA frameworks for software development;
• Define and monitor QA metrics to measure the effectiveness of software development processes;
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to QA engineers;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and operations to ensure high-quality software products;
• Design and implement automated testing frameworks to improve efficiency and accuracy of QA testing (preferred tools are Cypress JavaScript, Appium Java and Postman);
• Identify and prioritize areas of improvement in the software development lifecycle;
• Report and track defects, and work with development teams to ensure timely resolution;
• Continuously evaluate and implement new QA tools, technologies, and methodologies to improve QA processes;
• Be able to implement TMMI;
• Be able write test plans;
• Be able to write test cases;
• Be able to write test closure reports;
• Use test management tools efficiently to impact product delivery.

Qualifications

Your Story

• At least 10 years of experience in software quality assurance, with 5 years in a leadership role;
• Strong knowledge of software development processes, methodologies, and tools;
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills;
• Experience in test automation, including developing and implementing automated testing frameworks from scratch;
• Knowledge and experience of API Testing;
• Knowledge of database systems, SQL, and scripting languages;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Experience with Agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.

Additional Information

The Perks

• 25 days of Annual Leave;
• Possibility to travel to different offices around Europe;
• Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment in Cape Town;
• Flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team.