Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

UMPISA INC.

At Umpisa Inc., our mission is to make the Philippines be known globally as a tech hub. We create a set of world-class and impactful products and solutions to help organizations and individuals live better lives. We offer demanding, challenging and rewarding careers in software development, product development, emerging technologies, and more for the right candidates.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Essential Skills:

• Aligns with our values: Excellence, Integrity, Professionalism, People Success, Customer Success, Fun, Innovation, and Diversity

• Strong communication skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Would like to work as part of a self-organizing Scrum team in a scaled agile framework

• Must be a self-starter and loves to collaborate with the team and client

Overall Expectations:

• The Product Quality/QA Engineer performs his/her duty as the main quality gate keeper and takes full ownership of all QA activities within the agile team assigned to him/her.

• The Product Quality/QA Engineer will play a key role in ensuring appropriate standards of quality assurance implemented in all Test Phases.

• The Product Quality/QA Engineer will act as quality advocate on behalf of the Client(s) and internal stakeholders, to confirm the delivered product solution fits for purpose and meets the business requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Closely collaborate with all other team members (scrum master, developer, business and project stakeholders)

• Being positive and solution-oriented towards team members and stakeholders

• Exercise critical, quality-oriented and skeptical thinking about the product solution

• Participates in the daily stand-up meeting, presents testing progress and challenges

• Actively acquire information from stakeholders rather than relying entirely on written specifications

• Work effectively to define testable user stories, prepare test scenarios, test cases

• Execute and automate test cases

• Accurately evaluate and report test results, test progress and product quality

• Responding to change quickly, including changing, adding or improving test cases

• Implements a well-structured approach to test defect management and incident reporting

• Constantly look at ways to improve processes and deliverables

• Plan and organize their own work

• Ensures effective issue escalation when there is a significant threat to delivery

What we look for:

• Working Experience:

  • Good understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle and Methodology

  • Well versed in all QA activities - Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Test Reporting, Test Closure and Test Monitoring

  • Web and/or mobile testing and automation

  • At least (3) years work experience

• Business Skills:

  • Business analysis skill to understand business requirements

  • Organizational skills and ability to plan time and task effectively to ensure objectives and deadlines are met

  • Able to effectively deal with changing priorities or obstacles and to provide alternative options or solutions

• Testing Knowledge:

  • Working knowledge of Test Management tool and Defect Management tool

  • Working knowledge of test automation tools

  • Well-versed in Agile methodology

• Behavioral competencies:

  • Customer Service - ability to meet and strive to exceed the needs of internal and external customers by producing quality work and service

  • Communications - communicates issues effectively and in timely manner to other team members and customers

  • Drive for Results - able to go the "extra mile" to achieve tasks, objectives and targets

  • Teamwork - able to work together with colleagues to pool skills, ideas and resources to achieve objectives and resolve problems

  • Time Management - able to prioritize tasks to meet business, department and job needs

  • Analytical Thinking - able to systematically break apart complex problems (written, verbal or numerical)

  • Resilience - ability to work well under pressure

Perks and Benefits:

• Health Benefits

• Training Benefits

• Engagement and Activities

• Leave

• 13 Month Pay

Rest day: Saturday and Sunday

Time of Work: 10 AM - 7 PM