Due to the nature of the projects and specific client security clearance, this role requires the successful candidate to be a Singapore Citizen only.
Woven between all the stages of the delivery process is the work of a Quality Analyst: the technologist who focuses on the complexity and risk inherent in building solutions. By collaborating with each team member—Developer, Business Analyst, Designer, etc.—they ensure quality is thoughtfully examined in both processes and technology. QAs are more than testers; they're team motivators and strive to inspire all teammates to weave quality into their mindsets and code.
Job responsibilities
- You will actively participate at each stage of the software development cycle from ideation to going live to customers to ensure quality is integrated into solutions.
- Understand how software deployments and releases to downstream environments on cloud infrastructures can impact product quality.
- Test the product from the perspective of the user.
- Create a reliable automated testing suite for fast feedback through continuous integration pipelines with the team.
- Test cross-functional requirements such as performance and security.
- Coach the client's team and encourage them to adopt a quality mindset.
- Regularly carry out exploratory testing to gain insights and uncover potential risks; play back these risks to the relevant stakeholders.
- Advocate for the value of clean code and test code refactoring.
Job qualifications
Technical Skills
- You have worked as a Quality Analyst as part of a wider development team, pairing with Devs, Business Analysts, Infrastructure Engineers, and Designers to embed quality and testing mindsets within different roles.
- You are familiar with Agile practices, code management, deployment strategies and release management.
- Good understanding of engineering practices such as TDD, BDD, CI/CD and models such as the Test Pyramid and Swiss Cheese models.
- Are aware of concepts of test data management for features and their dependencies.
- Can work on different types of functional and cross-functional testing.
- You have exposure to and experience with using defect tracking and management tools.
Professional Skills
- You enjoy influencing teammates and advocating for quality as a shared team responsibility.
- You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
- You are passionate about ensuring the correct product is being built, not just that it is being built correctly.
- You thrive in safe, collaborative environments where different opinions, ideas and perspectives are freely shared.
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