Quality Assurance Specialist

Software Quality Assurance Specialist

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of assigned product features from multiple perspectives: business, end-user, and technical.
• Identify potential risks, issues, and problems with the product feature and propose mitigation strategies.
• Establish test plans, test designs, and test specifications for thorough testing of the feature.
• Lead and manage a team of testers to execute necessary tests.
• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned product features.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and account for the quality of assigned product features.
• Prepare documentation and conduct demonstrations of the product feature.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including support, sales, marketing, and development, to ensure seamless project execution.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in any field and a willingness to pursue a career in IT.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail are essential.
• Autonomy and self-motivation, with experience managing tasks under tight deadlines.
• Organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Leadership and teamwork skills, with the ability to guide and support colleagues.

Benefits

We offer a temporary work-from-home setup until further notice. Successful completion of background checks will be required as a condition of hire. After completing our rigorous training program, which lasts up to two months, you'll immediately begin working on one of our projects. Our mission-critical government systems and commercial products are revolutionizing the way businesses operate globally.

About Software Testing

Software testing is an integral part of our quality assurance activities. It involves executing software functions in a controlled environment to determine if they behave as specified or expected. As a software test engineer, your goal is to strategically expose inadequacies and defects in the program being tested, which are then resolved through iterations of fixing and retesting with developers. With skilled software testers, the risks of clients and end-users encountering defects are dramatically reduced.

Primary Responsibilities

As a software tester, your primary responsibilities include:

1. Being a stakeholder in the quality assurance of your projects.
2. Developing test plans and procedures for application-level and integration testing.
3. Executing manual tests.
4. Analyzing defects and reporting them.
5. Verifying applied fixes or enhancements.

FAQs

What is software testing?

Software testing is an essential aspect of our quality assurance activities. When testing, Azeus testers aim to identify problems with the program being tested as they use it. These problems, or bugs, include anything that is wrong with the program or anything that could have been missed during design and implementation. Through subjecting our programs to a series of tests, we determine whether they are robust enough to be deployed to our clients.

How do you test programs?

To test programs, a clear understanding of the requirements or specifications is necessary. We need to know what we are testing before we can actually test it; otherwise, we might not be able to tell if a certain behavior is a bug or not. At the start of the project, we define project standards and try to pick up on the requirements. We then plan and strategize on how we will go about testing our assigned programs. We check the program against the specifications and try to come up with test cases that are not explicitly discussed in the references. Basically, we try to uncover as many bugs as we can. We then send these bugs to the developers for fixing, and then try to confirm whether they have successfully fixed the bugs without introducing new problems.

What traits are most helpful for becoming good testers?

The traits that stand out among our most skilled testers include being critical thinkers and having a heightened sense of awareness. These are most useful for exposing bugs and design holes, and are also valuable in inferring the causes behind the bugs that have been encountered. As a result, testers are able to create clear and precise bug reports. Ingenuity is also a crucial trait in testing, since we are trying to outsmart our developers and come up with scenarios they have not considered in development. A knack for finding bugs will not be possible without a strong dedication to uphold the high quality of work that we deliver here in Azeus settling for good enough is never good enough. Aside from these individual traits, it is also important for our testers to be good team players. Our projects are done in groups, so being able to work well with others really counts.

Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process starts with the pre-screening of resumes by the Recruitment Team. Qualified applicants are then scheduled for the Aptitude Exam, which is a multiple-choice exam covering comprehension, logic, and mathematics. This is good for one hour. Applicants who have passed the exam then proceed to the next stage of the process, which is an HR interview. Successful applicants are then scheduled for the Technical Interview, which involves logical thinking and problem solving. Deliberation on the final status of the applications then follows, and applicants are promptly notified of the results.

Technical Requirements

In Azeus, we understand that there is no course or degree in college that specifically prepares its students to become software test engineers. Hence, our newbie tester training program is based on the assumption that you are starting on a clean slate. We do not assume that you are already familiar with the tools needed or the fundamentals of software testing. In fact, knowledge computer programming is not a prerequisite as well.

Training Program

Our in-house training program is quite comprehensive, and provides a hands-on experience that closely simulates what new testers will experience once they are assigned to actual projects. The training lasts for one and a half to two months; afterwards, they get deployed into their new projects, where a mentor will be guiding them for the remainder of their probationary period.

Career Paths

To emphasize the importance of continuous growth and learning, skilled and experienced testers soon take on additional roles and responsibilities in their project and in the company based on their past performance and demonstrated capabilities. They may become mentors or lead testers. Mentors provide guidance to newer testers in the team. Lead testers take up various roles: some provide the design specs, some coordinate the testers in the team, and some conduct reviews on the works of other members. Some testers with an aptitude for leadership also become team leaders who are responsible for overseeing the entire development team. In the company, skilled senior testers may also be requested to conduct training and also to help out in process improvement activities in the company.

International Opportunities

Most of the training is provided internally, and similarly most of the testing work is done within the Manila and Cebu offices. Depending on the projects' needs, members of the team may be sent abroad for training or for project-related tasks. In the past, our testers have been sent abroad for CMMI training, project proposals, design work, and on-site testing in Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. As Azeus continues to grow further, opportunities beyond the South East Asian region are being explored.