Software Quality Assurance Engineer (3513)

Description

*** The Software QA Engineer is a Hybrid role based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We invite Malaysian citizens or Expatriates working in Malaysia with the right to work in Malaysia (Resident Talent Pass or Spouse Visa) to apply for this opportunity.

• An opportunity to journey and progress your career with a leading global provider of financial technology services, partnering with our esteemed customers in the Banking, Financial Services, e-Commerce and Gaming industries.
• Be a part of an UK public listed company on UK's AIM Market which brings over 30+ years of expertise in location intelligence, identity verification and fraud management.
• A company that thrives on Technology and Innovation, Inclusion, Equality and Diversity.

About GBG

GBG is the leading expert in global digital identity. We combine our powerful technology, the most accurate data coverage and our talented team to deliver award-winning location intelligence, identity verification and fraud prevention solutions.

With over 30 years experience, we bring together a team of over 1,250 dedicated experts with local industry insight from around the world to make it easy for businesses to identify and verify customers and locations, protecting everyone, everywhere from fraud

Why you should be@GBG

(with the 95% of our team members that recommend us as a great place to work)

• We make the world a safer place
• We trust each other and win together
• We are local experts in a global business
• We want you to be yourself
• We grow when you grow

About the team

Unicorn Team

The Unicorn team comprises 31 individuals located in Melbourne, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur. It is composed of three Scrum teams, UI/UX team, DevOps, Product Management, Architect, and Research Team. As a software QA engineer, you will have the exciting opportunity to work with a group of talents and leverage cutting-edge technology to test software that enables secure online transactions for everyone. We place great value on diversity, creativity, and innovation, and are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive

The Role

We are seeking a software quality engineer which will be working closely with and under the guidance of the Senior QA Engineer to deliver new fraud detection platform for GBG. This role is to ensure the delivery of high-quality software by designing and executing effective testing strategies. In addition, you will be collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, automate tests for efficiency, and ensuring that functionality of the system developed in-house is fully tested to meet the high standards of quality expected by the business

What you will do

The candidate is accountable for:

• Actively participate in a team based agile ceremonies and work closely with software engineers, product owners, architects, and designers.
• Create and review test acceptance criteria for all tasks during sprint planning/ grooming.
• Undertake manual testing activities, document your test results and create clear and understandable defect reports (using Jira and Xray).
• Create and execute automated test scripts and contribute to the maintenance of automated test suites.
• Assist with the creation, management and execution of test plans for larger feature development activities where needed.
• Identify and manage defects within project with a view of preventing customer facing issues.
• Actively contribute to quality assurance improvements and initiatives

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Qualification in an IT related discipline.
• Experience in automated testing for web-based and API-based software solutions.
• Solid experience in analysing acceptance criteria and creating a thorough and targeted suite of relevant test cases.
• Understanding of TDD or BDD framework (Gherkin language).
• Experience with functional test, and integration test.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and participating in related ceremonies.
• Knowledge of these automated testing tools and technologies would be advantageous: Java, Cucumber, Selenium, Jenkins, SOAP UI, Postman.
• Hands-on experience with Non-functional testing such as Performance, Security etc., would be an advantage

Interpersonal Skills

• Effective communication skills to convey testing strategies, results, and issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders/ scrum team members.
• Gets to the heart of complex issues and problems through clear analytical thinking and effective application of expertise.
• To have a meticulous approach to testing and pay close attention to the details to identify potential defects or issues.
• A demonstrated ability to work as a team within a fast-paced team.
• Flexible, resilient, and able to change focus on demand.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly within a continually changing, challenging environment.
• Ability to prioritise and to work independently, takes ownership of own workload.
• A focus on thorough software quality and documentation, takes pride in high-quality product releases.

Benefits

We have a vision to have the best and most engaged team members in the industry. People matter at GBG, they make us who we are. Every team member across all our locations makes a difference, everyone has something to contribute. Maybe you too could make a difference.

As part of our commitment to our team and flexible working approach, we have created a Work When and Where You Want Policy to give our team members choice and empowerment, and to support a balance in work and home life. Please ask your Talent Attraction Specialist for more information on this and our Family Friendly policy if you want to find out more!

Next steps

If you're interested, please apply! We're looking to hire the best and most engaged people into our business and we'll make an offer once we've found that person.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing fair opportunities for everyone regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, parental status or disability. Everybody is welcome and our inclusion and diversity programme, be/yourself, is designed to ensure that you can thrive. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Specialist if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process