QA Engineer (Core Banking Products)

SUMMARY:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Quality Assurance:
- Follow, and manage quality assurance processes and methodologies.
- Conduct thorough testing of products to identify defects and ensure
compliance with quality standards.

2. Test Planning and Strategy:
- Collaborate with product managers and development teams to create
comprehensive test plans and test strategies.
- Define test objectives, scope, and success criteria for testing phases.
3. Test Execution:
- Execute functional, regression, and system testing as required.
- Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with
development teams to facilitate resolution.

4. Automation Testing (Advantage) :
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts to increase efficiency and
test coverage.
- Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous
deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

5. Process Improvement:
- Analyze quality data and metrics to identify areas for improvement in
product development and testing processes.
- Propose and implement process enhancements to optimize efficiency
and reduce defects.

6. Collaboration:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product
managers, and business analysts, to ensure a collaborative and
integrated approach to quality assurance.

7. Documentation:
- Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test
plans, test cases, and test results.
- Generate reports on testing activities, defects, and overall product
quality.

8. Compliance and Standards:
- Ensure that products comply with industry standards, regulations, and
best practices.
- Stay informed about industry trends and advancements in quality
assurance methodologies.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Quality Assurance:
- Follow, and manage quality assurance processes and methodologies.
- Conduct thorough testing of products to identify defects and ensure
compliance with quality standards.

2. Test Planning and Strategy:
- Collaborate with product managers and development teams to create
comprehensive test plans and test strategies.
- Define test objectives, scope, and success criteria for testing phases.
3. Test Execution:
- Execute functional, regression, and system testing as required.
- Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with
development teams to facilitate resolution.

4. Automation Testing (Advantage) :
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts to increase efficiency and
test coverage.
- Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration/continuous
deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

5. Process Improvement:
- Analyze quality data and metrics to identify areas for improvement in
product development and testing processes.
- Propose and implement process enhancements to optimize efficiency
and reduce defects.

6. Collaboration:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product
managers, and business analysts, to ensure a collaborative and
integrated approach to quality assurance.

7. Documentation:
- Create and maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test
plans, test cases, and test results.
- Generate reports on testing activities, defects, and overall product
quality.

8. Compliance and Standards:
- Ensure that products comply with industry standards, regulations, and
best practices.
- Stay informed about industry trends and advancements in quality
assurance methodologies.




Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Quality Engineer or in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and quality
assurance principles.
- Knowledge in test automation tools and frameworks (advantage).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD processes.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
Preferred Skills:
- Certification in quality assurance or software testing (e.g., ISTQB).
- Familiarity with testing mobile applications and web services.

Technical skills-
1. Conduct end-to-end testing of Core Banking systems, including various types
of accounts (e.g., Savings, Transactional, Credit, Personal Loan) from
onboarding to GL validations.
2. Test bank's single facility accounts and associated scenarios to ensure
system functionality and accuracy.
3. Perform testing on the bank's lending products, such as Personal Loan, Credit
Cards, and Overdraft, including validation of product features and pricing
structures.
4. Test Debicheck mandates and ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements.
5. Validate statements and related scenarios to ensure accuracy and
completeness.
6. Test VAT, fees, and other financial transactions to ensure adherence to
banking regulations and internal policies.
7. Verify the bank's products and pricing structure to ensure consistency and
competitiveness in the market.
8. Conduct testing on the finance leg of credits and debits, including interest
calculations and financial transactions processing.
9. Understand the bank's reconciliation process and perform corresponding
validations to ensure data integrity.
10. Utilize agile Test Management tools for test planning, execution, and
reporting.
11. Test APIs using tools like Postman/Soap UI, ensuring API functionality,
reliability, and security.
12. Explore opportunities for API automation to enhance testing efficiency and
coverage.