Job Description

We are looking for Senior QA Automation Engineers to test the software platform for a new digital asset exchange; focused on an institutional client base.

If you believe that,

• No one is "above" or "too good" for anything that needs to be done.
• People are judged on the things they do, not their job title, or tenure.
• No one is a full-time manager/supervisor/work off-loader, everyone tries to help each other improve.
• No problem is insurmountable.

Then, this opportunity is for you.

Apply now and GrowWithUs!

Job Highlights:

• Day Shift, Monday to Friday / On-site / Hybrid for Cebu and Permanent Remote for Manila and Non-Manila, Non-Cebu applicants
• Competitive salary PHP 120,000 - 180,000 and benefits (I.e., health insurance, life insurance)

Job role:
Ideal candidates will bring previous experience of building scalable mission critical systems in the cloud. They will have a real passion for success and will never be satisfied by achieving the bare minimum. They will have an entrepreneurial mind set and have a real passion for detail and customer care. They will be someone who relishes a challenge and flourishes on seeing their team improve and achieve targets.
With a strong background in software engineering, their focus will be to improve and build upon the client’s automated testing processes. The application is developed using TypeScript with Node.js and development of the desktop application is with JavaScript ES6+ with React on the Electron platform. They will be working with an in-house development team and an augmented remote development team.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement best quality practices and processes for product development.
• Design detailed test cases, test scenarios and step definition using feature files to satisfy user stories utilizing a BDD/ATDD approach.
• Write automated tests using Spectron in JavaScript & TypeScript
• Write automated tests using Cypress
• Write automated test scripts for web and API
• Create and maintain test cases using test case management tool
• Identify test strategies, test cases, test scripts that ensure high quality and coverage of functionality, integration and performance of components or system
• Participate in sprint activities, test preparation, creating manual and automated test cases
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Identify, record, document test results thoroughly and track bugs.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
• Troubleshoot and discover root cause of complex issues
• Collaborate with Developers to continuously improve the testability and robustness of the codebase
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.
• Adhere to standards and practices.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience as a QA Engineer.
• Fundamental critical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• A results-oriented outlook with the ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives.
• Experience in identifying complex test cases including edge cases
• Ability to identify productivity and efficiency improvements and quickly adapt to changes
• Ability to partner with other project stakeholders to resolve issues and to mitigate project impacts.
• Experience creating SQL query for validating tests and creating test data.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Experience in API testing using tools like Insomnia or postman.
• Working knowledge of Confluence, JIRA, and Bitbucket.
• Hands-on experience with automated JavaScript based testing framework is a plus.

Must-Have:

• Python or C++
• Cucumber or Gherkin

Bonus Points:

• Worked in an early-stage start-up
• Worked in the finance industry
• Worked in an Agile environment
• Blockchain
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and build pipelines

Desirable:

• Experience analyzing and testing large ERP or Financial IT systems.
• Experience in finance with real time trading systems/market data.
• Experience in working in a regulated financial firm.
• Experienced in working with multinational global teams.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Computer Science, Engineering (or equivalent).

About Our Client:
Our client in the Philippines is an information technology company providing software and application development, back-office tech support and a wide range of consultancy / advisory services to their global group of companies.
Founded by experts from traditional and regulated capital markets professionals, our client’s solutions are built using existing, proven, resilient, scalable, high-performance infrastructure, hosted in top-tier datacentre space, and integrated into the existing institutional trading workflow.
They offer a credible bridge between the blockchain world and the existing investment space. Their team is used to working in highly regulated markets and has a deep understanding of the blockchain landscape and tokenisation too – as well as a vision of how to evolve them and open up digital assets to institutions in a transparent manner.