QA Engineer (Software Tester) at Ogilvy South Africa

• We are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. Products are defined as, but not limited to responsive websites, mailers, banners, apps, digital installations, games.
• QA engineer responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics.
• The QA engineer role plays an important part in our company's product development process. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and is true to the design and functionality spec.
• Ultimately, you should monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards.

Roles and Responsibilities

• 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, prioritize, 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
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

Skills and qualifications

• Proven work experience in digital field
• 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
• Good communication
• Good time management
• Problem solving skills
• Strong listening skills
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus