Vacancy title:
QA/QC Engineer

Jobs at:
awamo Uganda Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
Monday 11th December 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:

Overview
The job ensures the quality and reliability of the company’s products through participation in each stage of a product’s life cycle, from design throughout development to packaging.

Qualifications
Academic/Skills

• Bachelors’ degree in Economics, business, computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or any other related field – equivalent work experience will be considered as well.

Work experience

• Min. 3 years working experience
  
• Proven work experience using financial systems.
  
• Proven work experience in software development
  
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
  
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
  
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
  
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
  
• Experience with both white box and black box testing is a plus
  
• Experience with automated testing tools is a plus

Personality

• Fast thinker/solution oriented
  
• Ability to work with remote teams
  
• Self-motivated
  
• Strong analytical skills & structured approach to work
  
• Highly organized and extremely detail-oriented
  
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
  
• Persistent and very patient
  
• Ability to juggle multiple products simultaneously
• Willingness to work long or irregular hours

Team structure

Direct Supervisor

• CTO

Direct Subordinates

• n/a

Work hand in hand with

• CPO
  
• Web Developer
  
• Backend Developer
  
• Android Developer
  
• UI/UX Designer
  
• Business Analyst

Responsibilities & duties

• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
  
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
  
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
  
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
  
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
  
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
  
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
  
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. Business Analysts, developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
  
• Monitor debugging process results
  
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
  
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts

Key Performance Indicators

• Active Defects
  
• Authored Tests
  
• Automated Tests
  
• Covered Requirements
  
• Defects Fixed Per Day
  
• Passed Requirements
  
• Passed Tests
  
• Rejected Defects
  
• Reviewed Requirements
  
• Severe Defects

Job application procedure
Candidates meeting the required qualifications should send their applications, academic documents and resumes (soft copy only) to HR.UG@awamo.com