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Job Title: Team Lead, Software Testing
About the Team Lead, Software Testing Position:
As a Team Lead, Software Testing, you will primarily work under the Technology & Learning department building advanced automated test suites to exercise our internal applications. You will work with the Technology team to automate testing, create new test harnesses, implement new automation tools, and create innovative automated test systems that monitor the health of all Andela production systems. You will be a key contributor to delivering bug free software products that are critical to helping Andela grow and scale as an organization. You will also use patterns of cognitive apprenticeship to manage Andela apprentices towards efficient and productive contributions of work and development of professional capacities. You will work with the Learning & Development team to help develop a curriculum for Testing/Quality Assurance.
Responsibilities Include:
Analyze and decompose a complicated software system and design a strategy to test this system
Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities
Design an automation test harness geared toward maintainability
Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
Analyze the specifications and business purpose of applications and test the system from a functional and user experience perspective
Identify test scenarios, correlate them to business requirements, and report on percentage of functionality been tested
Prioritize defects accurately based on impact on business goals
You must be able to code; this role encompasses much more than manual testing: python, ruby, SQL, shell scripting
Mentor entry-level testers willing to become world-class
Leverage cognitive apprenticeship methods to support the learning of entry-level apprentices
Define the curriculum for Testing/Quality Assurance expertise at different levels of the Andela Fellowship
What makes you a great fit for this role:
The ability to be located in Lagos, Nigeria or Nairobi, Kenya.
2-5 years experience in Software Quality Assurance or Software Test Engineering
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
Hands-on automation design and scripting experience
Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
Experience working with Continuous Delivery Pipelines
Experience with performance, scalability and security testing
Experience with Appium, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, IDE’s or other common testing tools
A Bachelor’s or advanced degree Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field
How to Apply
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