Software Quality Analyst Engineer (Remote)

Development - Careers · Cape Town, Western Cape (Remote)

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Do you want to be part of a dynamic team constantly challenging the status quo and finding "smarter" ways of doing things? If you answered yes, keep reading.

Who Are We?

1Nebula is a next-generation SaaS Technology Business focused on providing businesses with cloud & technology
expense management services and tools to accelerate their cloud journey.

We hire amazing people from across South Africa, making our diverse group of team members,
called N48Xers, a force to be reckoned with.

Learn more about our people brand by watching our culture videos:

Job Opportunity at 1Nebula:

You will be building a robust software testing infrastructure for our world-class cloud-native mobile
and web applications while tracking quality across the SDLC. 

What You will do within this role (Your key responsibilities):

  • Become an effective member of the technical teams enabling quality across the SDLC.

  • Ability to move beyond manual functional testing and focus your efforts on automation and testing strategies.

  • Be a key player in authorizing application release, having tested the product against your test and regression plans. 

  • Develop metrics that detect software defects early in the development cycle.
     
  • Should be proactively involved in the requirements process to help and guide development teams towards proper direction. 

  • Focus more on automated regression testing on critical areas such as key software functionality. 

  • Move QA towards leveraging automation tools to automate testing wherever possible. 

  • Should facilitate and encourage communication, collaboration, and optimization across DevOps by being a “quality-first” evangelist. 

  • Focus on continuous integration to identify defects early in the development lifecycle. 

  • Set up early warning detection and health systems to notify when something goes wrong in Production. 

  • Integrating a fully automated continuous testing process into the SDLC for a successful continuous delivery process that
    minimizes risks, reduces costs, and accelerates time to market.     

  • Be a self-starter with the ability to produce results with minimal supervision. 

  • Follow QA best practices & have used Selenium or other Automated Test Frameworks 

More about You (Our requirements for the role):

Although we believe in the potential of others more than anything else there are some minimum requirements
we would look for so consider these before sending us your application:

  • You are driven and passionate about cloud technologies.

  • Hold a relevant tertiary qualification with at least 3 years’ experience in software testing with a minimum
    of 2 years' experience in automation experience     

  • You enjoy being part of a team that is constantly pushing themselves whilst having fun. 

  • Have technical knowledge and experience with setting up Automation Frameworks for testing 

  • You work hard and play hard with epic MS teams backgrounds for Friday Fun-day check-ins.  

  • You have great banter and an insatiable curiosity for all things tech 

  • Experience in the following Tools & Technologies would be an advantage 

  • Selenium or similar automation language
     
  • Postman 

  • Microsoft App center or similar mobile test automation 

  • SQL 
Our Amazing Perks!

  • Enjoy 20 Leave days a year plus a “mulligan day” each quarter after meeting all your deliverables.
    That’s 4 extra leave days annually!

  • High spec laptops and equipment for you to comfortably work remotely.

  • A once off at home office allowance to set up your home office.

  • Flexible working hours. We work on a flexible schedule from Monday to Friday where you can make the hours work for you.

  • Access to our Well-being program and Employee support services – we believe in work/life balance being
    of utmost importance for you and your family so this perk is for them too.

  • Grow your skills and learn something new with paid for Microsoft courses and certifications.

  • Take up a hobby and unlock a training allowance every 2 years to do something non-work related.

  • Give back by participating in our Culture and Social Responsibility initiatives.

  • Free Gap cover and a relaxed/hybrid work environment.

  • Hackathons (If you find yourself in office, we'll provide the pizza!)