Junior QA Engineer
Early-career professional specializing in quality assurance and software testing. Responsible for executing functional and regression tests, detecting bugs, and documenting test results.
Expected tasks
- Define the test strategy and plan
- Design, automate and execute tests
- Investigate and reproduce reported defects
- Ensure release quality before production
- Maintain test tools and frameworks
- Track quality metrics (coverage, prod defects)
- Work with dev teams to embed quality from design
Required skills
Knowledge
REST API DesignAgile / Scrum / KanbanCI/CD PrinciplesHTTP/HTTPS ProtocolTDD / BDDCode ReviewOWASP Top 10Design Patterns
Hard skills
SeleniumPytestPostmanSQLJiraSwagger / OpenAPIPlaywrightCypressPythonJavaScriptGitDocker
Soft skills
Attention to DetailCritical ThinkingCommunicationProblem SolvingCollaboration
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