Mr D - QA Test Analyst

Mr D, a division of takealot.com, is looking for a highly talented  QA Test Analyst to join our team. 

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us! 

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do 
Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time. 
Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Mr D & TFS. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance

Who’s who in the tech space: 
This position reports to the QA Engineering Manager

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: 

• QA of all aspects of the Mr D systems
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop status reports based on test completion/findings and communicate these to team leaders including any impact on the overall project plan
• Perform all tasks with attention to detail
• Read and comprehend requirements for testing
• Create test plans and test cases per business requirements
• Provide daily & weekly status test reporting to test lead
• Troubleshoot issues experienced during testing
• Understand test case management, creation and execution
• Understanding of UI and back-end testing
• Ability and experience with prioritization of tasks, identification of items requiring escalation

Skills we need:

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to understand and critique requirements
• Excellent communications skills including the ability to prepare and present reports to a range of audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to promote cooperation between software, system and QA engineers
• Ability to implement a QA management strategy in line with the overall business requirements
• Diplomacy skills including the ability to withstand pressure
• Test automation skills using Selenium and Appium as well as API automation of REST services

Nice to have experience:

• Exposure to AWS
• Experience in diagnosing problems from log files or audit logs
• Experience in using Kibana for logging is beneficial.
• Experience in using tools that improve quality practices such as automated testing is advantageous.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering and a minimum of 2-3 years of QA testing experience in a software/technology environment is preferred.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering), an equivalent experience which equates to a minimum of 3-5 years of QA testing experience in a software/technology environment would be advantageous. 
• ISTQB/ISEB qualification will be an advantage.
• QA experience in an eCommerce environment will be advantageous
• Knowledge of contemporary software quality assurance processes methodologies and testing tools
• An understanding of different software development life cycles (waterfall, iterative, agile, scrum)
• Knowledge and experience with scripting/programming languages is advantageous.
• Knowledge of testing and quality assurance in Linux, Android, iOS,
• Experience with or exposure to restful API's and using Postman or similar
• Extensive experience with testing mobile and web applications and developing automated tests 
• Extensive experience with testing mobile POS devices  - MQTT, Internet Of Things
• Extensive experience with testing back office management systems

Let’s talk about life @ Mr D:

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? We offer the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): Angular, Python, Kotlin, Swift, AWS, Kafka, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, IOT and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see? If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D  is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference