Senior QA Engineer I

About the role

The candidate will support the QA function for a squad within Careem. The successful candidate should be a passionate and an experienced QA Engineer. They should be brimming with enthusiasm and have brilliant testing ideas.

What you`ll do:

• Reviewing functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Working with the project team to provide Testing Estimates
• Holding & facilitating test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members
• Executing & evaluating manual and/or automated test cases and report test results
• Lead triage meetings to resolve incidents efficiently, collaborate with development and product teams to reproduce and analyze issues, determine their nature as defects or feature requests and assign severity levels.
• Participating in root cause analysis meetings with cross-functional team members
• Ensuring that validated deliverables meet requirements.
• Contributing proactively in sprint ceremonies or any ceremonies the squad follows
• Prepare and present test reports to management and other stakeholders.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks to meet business needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, and all quality goals.
• Lead and contribute in creation and execution of automated test cases across multiple platforms, tools, and environments.
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and enhance script performance
• Participate in code reviews to ensure that automated tests adhere to coding standards and architectural guidelines

What you`ll need:

• Strong aptitude to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes.
• Passionate about quality delivery embrace Quality testing mindset
• Quality Focus; strong commitment to quality, always aiming to deliver a flawless product to the end user. 
• Ability to problem solve, multi-task effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment ,Quickly isolate problems and think logically and creatively to find solutions.
• Capable of leading by example, mentoring junior staff, and possibly lead a team.
• Ability to work independently with a strong sense of focus, task-oriented and importantly, a team player.
• Manage timelines, and coordinate with different departments, requiring effective project management
• Proactive approach ; seeking out potential future problems and advocating for best practices in code health, testing coverage, and other critical areas can significantly enhance product quality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Knowledge and experience

• Strong practical knowledge and experience of testing methodologies; Agile , Kanban & Waterfall
• Strong Knowledge in development practices and Process including Unit Testing
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of testing techniques;  integration - E2E - UAT- UI
• Strong practical knowledge and experience in testing methods such as Exploratory and Risk based.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of generating test cases from requirements.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of defect management.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of testing mobile apps (Android - IOS) and Web based sites
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of testing different API methods and able to differentiate between the error codes.  
• Strong Knowledge in Mobile app debugging skills using HTTP proxy tools like Charles, Proxyman or Fiddle

Qualifications

• A Computer Science degree, equivalent qualification or practical experience
• Testing certifications ISTQB - CTFL 

Desirable

• Practical knowledge and experience in programming languages such as JavaScript - Python and Java.
• Practical knowledge and experience of test automation tools; Sofy, BDD, Maestro, JMeter, Postman, Rest-assured and Selenium.
• Practical knowledge in CICD pipelines and deployment process in a Cloud based environment in addition to tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions and Bitrise
• Practical knowledge and experience of distributed version control systems including GIT 

Where you'll be:

• You’ll be working in the location you’re hired from.