Senior QA Engineer - Automation at Clickatell

Clickatell is a world-class Chat Commerce company, ambitious to stay ahead of its competitors. We build our own culture in which we dream big and stay busy doing the right things. We need people who can understand the bigger picture and who connect the dots to achieve success. In our agile and demanding environment, you will have to ask the right questions and take the smart risk.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior QA Engineer - Automation

Location: Lagos

Purpose

• We are looking for a pacesetting, creative and talented testing automation specialist with strong scripting skills. The purpose of this role is to work closely with Test Management to use ensure high quality and efficient testing practices.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Apply various testing methods and tools to technically test Clickatell’s products and integration to other applications and services
• Assist in testing process for major feature releases, and finding opportunities for automation
• Write and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, regression and end-to-end testing
• Ensure automated test frameworks are integrated into the software development process
• Convert existing manual regression tests into automated test solutions
• Partner with multiple engineering teams and other QA engineers to understand and fill gaps in our testing ecosystem
• Identify and provide assessments of potential risks affecting schedule or quality, escalating matters to management and relevant stakeholders as needed

We are on a Learning Journey
Requirements of the Role

• Computer Science Degree (preferred) 
• 5+ years of experience in Automation framework development using Java/selenium with exposure to TDD, BDD (Essential) 

Work Experience:

• Programming experience in Java or other language
• Test Automation experience of Asynchronous web application protocols like WebSockets
• Test Automation experience of Chat Commerce Applications
• Git or other source control management tools
• AWS (Amazon Web Services) or other cloud-based infrastructures
• Microservices architecture testing
• Integration with telecommunications service providers

Knowledge and Abilities: 

• Manual and automated testing using tools such as Selenium, Postman, Swagger, REST Assured, TestNG (preferred) 
• Testing web services and APIs with XML and JSON payloads (preferred)
• BDD and Cucumber (preferred)
• JIRA, Confluence, and bug tracking tools such as TestFLO (preferred)
• Reporting tools such as Allure (preferred)
• Build and automation tools such as Jenkins and Maven (preferred)
• Databases SQL language and scripting (PostgreSQL, MySQL) (preferred)

A Bit About You: Tactical 
Behavioral competency requirements of a Pacesetter: 

• Cultivating Talent: Actively drives the development of skills and strengths within the team, and recognizes achievements. Coaches the team on procedures, technical issues and priorities. Leads and contributes to a positive team environment with open communication and clear goals. Listens to team members’ feedback and resolves any issues or conflicts.
• Managing Resources: Manages resources optimally by making the right decisions that impacts how resources are used and for what benefit. Accurately estimates, forecast, projects, and monitors available levels of relevant resources and makes the right calls.
• Expert Exchanges: Seeks and communicates insights. Acts as access point for information within their team and throughout the organization, and ensures sharing of key learnings. Prepares and presents reports, and updates advising on performance and capacity.
• Risk Mitigation: Resolves problems that are relatively complex and drives decision-making processes. Systematically processes key factors when resolving conflict, managing risk, ensuring compliance and addressing quality concerns.
• Foster Teamwork: Builds relationships and influentially engages across teams to elevate performance. Facilitates brainstorming that delivers the best solutions. Encourages an inclusive culture where voices are heard and being open-minded is valued.
• Emotions and Performance: Puts effort into managing the link between emotions and performance that helps others do their best work by increasing self-awareness and reducing blind spots. Fosters a safe environment where others feel comfortable to take smart risks and build relationships.
• Drive Execution: Develops tactical plans that support the strategy and plans the detail of theprojects, activities, and resources to deliver the goal.
• Coordinating Activity: Develops and manages processes conceptually and technically. Plans, monitors work, and accurately reads situations to course correct and ensure expectations are met.
• Navigating Change: Delivers change by bringing the team together, aligning their work and navigating them through the process. Stays on track by being optimistic and focusing on what is in their control. Executes by getting the right things done by the right people to deliver results.
• Driving Performance: Relentlessly reviews dashboards, systems, KPIs, procedures, and processes, and drives the team’s performance to incrementally improve results. Ensures processes are effective while aligning to best practice and increasing value.

Why You Should Join
Perks of the Role:

• Health Insurance 
• RRPS contribution 
• Quarterly performance incentive bonus 
• Risk benefit company contributions
• Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
• Half-day off on your birthday
• 5 personal days leave a year, over and above your PTO 
• Remote working and access to office hubs as required.
• Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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