The Senior Manual QA will work closely with Product and Development management, and as part of agile teams to support the delivery of high quality products, namely our ad delivery platform. The ideal candidate has an in-depth understanding of QA best practices, the software development lifecycle, user needs and usability. Experience in design and working as QA in a WordPress environment is considered an advantage.
YOUR CHALLENGE:
- Ensure and Take Responsibility for Overall Product Quality: Verify and commit to maintaining the high standards of product quality throughout the development lifecycle.
- Participation in Scrum Team and Ceremonies: Collaborate closely with development and product by being an integral part of the Scrum team and participating in all their ceremonies.
- Product Requirements Analysis: Analyze and process product requirements to ensure a thorough understanding and identify any gaps or inconsistencies.
- Lead Exploratory Testing and Author Test Plans: Drive exploratory testing initiatives and develop comprehensive test plans and test cases to cover all product functionalities.
- Collect QA Metrics and Reporting: Gather quality assurance and testing metrics, providing detailed reports to the delivery team to inform decision-making and improve processes.
- Defect Management: Manage the intake, triage, and verification of defects, ensuring timely resolution and communication with relevant stakeholders.
- Introduce and Share QA Best Practices: Implement best practices within the team & other QA’s and promote knowledge sharing to enhance overall performance.
- Collaborate Across Multiple Products: Work effectively with teams handling a range of products, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration to deliver high-quality results across different product lines.
TO DO IT, YOU WILL NEED:
- Test documentation (test plans, test cases, release notes)
- Defect reporting
- Manual testing (functional, regression, acceptance)
- Usability testing (layout/interface)
- Code version control concepts
- English communication skills (written and verbal)
- Experience with test case management tools like Qase.io or others
- Familiarity with automated testing tools
- Experience in performance or security testing
- CI/CD environment exposure
The candidates should have at least 3 years of full-time experience as a QA engineer, with a strong focus on agile software development. They should excel in manual functional, regression, and acceptance testing, as well as be capable of producing detailed test documentation such as test plans, test cases, and release notes. Strong English communication skills and the ability to work effectively with distributed teams are key.
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What We Do
The Catena Media story began in 2012 and, in the years since, we’ve established ourselves as one of the world’s most successful online lead generation companies focusing on the iGaming and Finance industries, through strong organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
Born from an idea conjured by two like-minded friends with a shared hobby, we’re now a 400+ strong workforce across 8 locations, including Malta, UK, Serbia, Japan, US, Australia, Italy and Sweden. Our people are diverse, creative and innovative, and are complemented by our aligned focus on creating kick ass products and inspiring and supporting great leaders.
You’ll find no dull office cubicles or rigid organisational structures here – we value creativity, passion and collaboration. We want to inspire every member of our team to reach the pinnacle of their potential (while enjoying some industry-leading perks); becoming a Catena Media ambassador along the way.
Modesty aside, our company events are legendary (for all the right reasons), and our new, bespoke Head Office has been designed specifically with employees health and wellbeing in mind, while a team of company chefs muster up fresh delights every day.
We work hard too, of course. In fact, our aim is to transform any industry we decide to be in through the power of choice: focusing on organic growth in combination with geographical expansion and acquisitions to meet our ultimate goal of becoming the world’s number one provider of high-value leads.
