Senior QA Analyst (Manual)
Remote position
We are looking to hire a Senior QA Analyst who will collaborate with QA and development team and will contribute to define automation and manual testing approaches/strategies for the company's projects. The ideal candidate should be able to ensure QA project activities and deliverables are completed on-time and on-budget.
As a fast-growing company, MentorMate provides challenging careers in a friendly, team-oriented environment. We value our employees and share our success through competitive pay, recognition, advancement opportunities and a great working environment.
What will be your Role
- Lead collaboration with the product owner and project team members to review and clarify project scope and requirements
- Lead and contribute to defining a test approach/strategy for projects
- Test Plan design and execution
- Prepare test data for manual test cases
- Validate data using SQL and other tools
- Identify, document and track issues found during testing
- Coordinate with developers and project team members to triage and resolve issues
- Escalate risks that will directly impact project timelines and deliverables to the project team
- Assist in deployment verification of applications or customer deliverables
- Update status of assigned project tasks and time reporting duties
- Ensure quality and on-time delivery in all assigned work
What do you need to have
- At least 2 years of QA and testing work experience
- Ability and applied knowledge of Quality Assurance and Testing best practices
- Thorough understanding and working knowledge of different types of testing
- Aptitude in reconciling testing requirements with business requirements
- Experience with Agile/Scrum and other software development methodologies
- Database knowledge and experience - SQL with Microsoft SQL Server or other database platforms
- Experience with Back-end testing
- Concise and effective written and verbal skills to communicate with other professionals, including IT BAs, IT Developers, and other project stakeholders
- A positive and flexible individual with a successful history of working in a fast-paced, client-focused, and dynamic environment
- Passion for quality and great attention to detail
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, technical area, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
What will be considered as an advantage
- Experience with creating and maintaining testing environments
- Performance Testing Experience
- Hands-on experience in mobile testing
- Knowledge in automation tools and experience building and supporting