Quality Assurance Lead

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Pragma Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
At Pragma we provide the opportunity for individuals to enjoy their working lives as much as their home lives. We foster a team environment in which each individual is recognised, valued and developed to support our company strategy. We encourage people with disabilities and from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Our Quality Engineers are responsible for ensuring that all software products are released with high quality. A software quality engineer is someone who monitors every phase of the software development process so as to ensure design quality, making sure that the software adheres to the standards set by the development department.

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Matric, Relevant Tertiary Qualification would be preferred
- 7 years experience in the Full Software Quality Assurance Lifecycle
- 2 years experience in a Management/Team Leadership role - Building and managing QA teams, able to recognise and bring out the best in the team
- ISTQB Certified Tester or equivalent
- Demonstrable experience in manual and automated QA, ideally in a continuous delivery environment
- Experience of modern QA automation and monitoring tools
- Functional and non-functional testing experience
- Strong communication skills, dealing with all levels of management and peers within an organisation
- Working with stakeholders to ensure QA vision is understood and implemented correctly
- Experience of working with teams following an agile methodology
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
- Strong technical skills - comfortable testing software without a user interface, e.g. an API
- Comfortable writing and debugging code

**Duties & Responsibilities**: - Lead Software Testing Discipline - Establish Quality Assurance discipline as an integral component of the Software Development Lifecycle and report on measurable quality improvements - Be the primary contact for all matters related to QA - Test software - Define and execute test cases - Ascertain quality software with low incidence of bugs - Maintenance and support of existing systems - Fault management (raising bugs, following up, re-testing) - Implement and Manage Software Testing Process and Tooling - Plan, manage, and measure the Quality Assurance discipline (QA) at Pragma so that we can be confident that our QA team operates like an industry leading quality assurance team - Identify the correct tools and QA process, and ensure cadence with the Software Development team’s agile practices - Preparation and review of test plans - Monitor all QA activity, test results, defect rates and areas of improvement - Bearing continuous improvement in mind, constantly review the quality process and drive further efficiencies and improvements - Utilize all quality and testing tools optimally, including balancing automation versus manual testing - Lead Continuous Improvement in Software Testing team - Demonstrate the value that quality processes add through a metric-driven approach - Champion the value and benefits of quality to the business and other senior managers through regular communication and knowledge-sharing - Participate actively in the scrum process - Participate actively in sprint planning - Submit accurate time estimation on work to be delivered - Update task status on Azure DevOps continuously - Comply with Testing process methodology - Interact with Product Owner and Scrum Master and assist with sprint planning - Mentor and coach Software Testing team members - Work with the Test team to develop personal development and training plans and provide opportunity for learning (report on this annually) - Mentoring and coaching to Test team members, ensuring the success of the team’s Design delivery



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