Tester Developer

Job Description for Tester Developer:

Key Accountabilities:

Accountable for ensuring testing strategy is being implemented by the development team

Approach for ensuring majority of testing is automated and pipeline-based

Test cases and harness are being written for each module/micro-service of the codebase

Testing is being executed correctly in the pipelines

Reviewing results and creating follow-up tickets where required

Providing advice, guidance and feedback to software developers, either ad-hoc or via test review sessions

Planning for

Extending test coverage for both frontend and API based testing

Increasing/Improving overall test automation

Utilising Agile ceremonies and practices, lead planning, design and estimation sessions.

Participate in a DevOps and DevSecOps environment and team.

Qualifications/Experiences:

A Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or similar discipline.

Typically, a minimum of 10 years’ experience working in an Operational and/or Engineering role and have expertise with a variety of deployment, automation, configuration management, testing and optimisation tools.

Strong experience in one (or more) of the following technologies:

Java

JavaScript

Test Frameworks

Jest

Mocha

Cypress

Groovy

JUnit

Familiarity with testing UIs, APIs, automation of downstream systems and related systems integration

Proven scripting or programming experience that conforms to good software engineering design principles and practices (including version management). This includes experience with API integration.

Practical experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines. Enhancing and improving CI/CD capabilities to reduce cycle time while retaining quality

Experience in delivering projects as part of an agile team and exposure to DevOps teams, practices and tools

Willingness to learn new technologies and keen to drive innovation

Excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving and time management skills

Strong interpersonal and consultative skills

Strong desire to learn and drive skills to expert level in the domain

Proactive and self-motivated