Junior Strong QA

OTAKOYI is looking for a smart and eager Junior QA Engineer to join our team. We like challenges and self-development. If you like it too, don’t hesitate to join us!

Required skills:

• 1,5+ year of experience in web/mobile application testing (FE; basic BE understanding is enough).
• Good knowledge of the software testing process and basic QA lifecycle.
• Understanding of functional testing and its core subtypes (smoke, e2e, regression, sanity, exploratory).
• Knowledge of testing methodologies and the development lifecycle (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience writing test documentation: checklists, test cases, bug reports, test reports, test plans.
• Understanding of task estimation principles and approaches
• Understanding of REST API concepts and experience in API testing (Postman);
• Basic SQL knowledge (simple SELECTs, filtering, sorting, — enough to validate data).
• High attention to detail and a responsible approach to assigned tasks.
• Ability to work independently on small tasks, ask for help on complex ones.
• Ability to actively communicate blockers, missing requirements, and risks.
• Ability to give straightforward feedback and ask clarifying questions without fear.
• Strong attention to details and sense of responsibility

Tools

Experience with:

• Task tracking tools (Jira, YouTrack, Asana etc.)
• Test management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, Xray — at least one)
• API testing tools (Postman, Insomnia, Swagger, DevTools)
• Version control systems (Git)

Responsibilities

— Requirements analysis and processing;
— Identifying and reporting issues;
— Holding and reporting a regular status of the test progress;
— Creating test documentation of different levels(test cases, checklists, bug reports);
— Assisting PO, QA Lead with creation of project documentation (guides, tutorials, etc)
— Assist in the development and maintenance of an effective QA process within the software group;
— Conduct cross-browser and UI/UX testing to ensure consistency across all major web browsers;
— Conduct API testing, basic performance testing
— Communication with the project team and QA department

Nice to have
— Experience testing simple CMS/CRM flows (not mandatory, but a plus).
— Experience testing AI-Gen applications
— Desire to grow toward automation in the future (nice to have, not required).
— Ability to perform basic SEO and core web vital checks

Recruitment process

1. Pre-screening Interview with Recruiter (up to 1 hour)
2. Tech Interview (1 hour)
3. HR Interview
    

What do we offer?

We offer the opportunity to be part of an ambitious team and an experience-driven company to achieve rapid and comprehensive career growth. Do you think that’s all that we can offer? Just have a look at our benefits and bonuses below:

💰Paid vacations and sick leaves;

💸Fair remuneration based on your self-development results;

📢Referral program for candidate recommendation;

🤱Loyal maternity leave policy;

📝Accountant support and tax coverage;

📑Courses of English with the professional teacher;

📚Educational training within the company and outside;

💺Ability to combine remote work and office;

🎉Regular party and team buildings and different funny activities;