QA Engineer Job at Emergency Response Africa

Emergency Response Africa (ERA) is a healthcare technology company that provides urgent medical care to victims at the scene of the emergency and facilitates access to advanced hospital care through a network of community-based first responders, ambulances, and hospitals. The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has collaborated with ERA to introduce the Technology-Enabled Emergency Medical Services Project (FID-EMS). This groundbreaking initiative aims to transform emergency healthcare response and enhance health insurance enrollment in Edo State.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: QA Engineer

Job Location: Benin City, Edo
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

• We are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.
• Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs, while being cost-effective.

Key Responsibilities

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• 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., developers and product manager) to identify system requirements.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs.
• 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.
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in software quality assurance, including manual and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies, testing types, and best practices.
• Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies.
• Familiarity with testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, JIRA).
• Experience with test automation using scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proven work experience in software development.