Technical Test Engineer - South Africa

Technical Test Engineer 
 
Experience: 3+ years  

Where the job is based:  Stellenbosch, South Africa , 2-3 days in the office 

Kerv South Africa solve complicated problems with great digital experiences. We combine Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data Science and Software Engineering to achieve measurable business outcomes for our clients. Headquartered in Birmingham and part of Kerv, we are part of a £50m revenue global organisation, with over 450 employees, working with over 800 sector-leading clients, with offices in London, Birmingham, Stellenbosch, and Bangalore.  
 

Kerv is an ethically led organisation, and we are proud of our values. Our mission to Build Future and make a positive difference in society helps guide us to choose to work primarily with Nonprofit and Public Sector organisations. We encourage all our developers and designers to embrace the latest technologies, frameworks, and cloud deployment platforms to help our clients achieve more. We relish the difficult problems and integration challenges and guarantee our developers are never bored.  
 

We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work by independent assessors in both the UK and India. We can offer you an inclusive, collaborative atmosphere to develop your skills as part of a global multi-discipline development team with opportunities to be mentored by forward-thinking architects.  
 

Join us today to work closely with household name clients, build your technical prowess, and make new friends along the way.  

Job Description: 

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Test Engineer with a proven background in the testing of technical solutions, in a microservices architecture, to join our team to ensure the quality and reliability of the projects we deliver to our clients.   

You will bring years of experience, understanding and practical application in all levels and types of testing and a good understanding and usage of AWS services to assist in the set-up and triggering of test conditions. 

You will be responsible for testing of solutions we deliver in a custom microservices and architecture project, executing tests from a backend and front-end UI perspective, in accordance with the criteria in user stories.  You will be writing and executing manual test cases, carrying out positive and negative testing, accessibility testing and scripting and carrying out documented exploratory testing.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Manual test case creation and execution for Sprint development and solution releases  

• Manual regression test execution to supplement automated regression tests 

• Accessibility test execution 

• Exploratory test planning and execution 

• Work with the sprint team members to be aware of development and testing in scope, to identify your testing scope of the sprint 

• Identify and document defects and re-test when resolved 

• Conduct API testing to ensure seamless integration and functionality 

• Collaborate with developers and business analysts to understand requirements and design test cases 

• Report and track defects, and work with the development team to resolve issues 
• Participate in test planning, estimation, and risk analysis activities 

Required Experience:  

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in testing but crucially 3 years in the technological & main responsibilities required for this role 

• ISTQB Certification (Foundation or Advanced) 

• Experience of testing web-based solutions built in a microservices architecture where some of the testing is in the back end microservices, using AWS to trigger services and events to aid test execution, and set up of conditions and set up of data as well as testing at the UI layer 

• Hands-on understanding and experience with API testing 

• Experience in AWS and Docker 

• Familiar with test and bug management tools and processes, specifically JIRA and Zephyr Enterprise 

• Ability to develop functional tests, which exercise the UI, API and DB layers  

• Good awareness and experience in Accessibility Testing and Exploratory Testing 

• Highly delivery focused and proactive approach to testing, engaging effectively with all types of team members to drive projects forwards and not afraid to speak up and contribute in meetings 
• Familiarity with Scrum methodology and how testing activities fit in 

Technological Capabilities: 

  Candidates are expected to have practical experience of using all of the following; 

• Strong understanding of software testing principles and methodologies 

• Proficiency in writing and executing manual test cases and test scripts, including exploratory tests 

• Ability to perform API testing and validate data integrity 

• AWS (ECS, Lamdas, SQS, SNS) 

• Technical testing of micro services in the backend of a web solution 

• SQL queries for data location, creation, manipulation and reconciling 

• Accessibility testing using Axe or similar, plus manual testing of the same 

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities 

• Attention to detail and a commitment to quality 

• Analytical and proactive in their approach to testing and problem solving 

• Experienced at carrying out testing activities in Scrum methodology and contributing in all  

ceremonies (Planning, Stand Ups, demo and retros) 

• Ability to drive testing processes starting from planning phase to test execution, bug fixing and support  

• Knowledge of test management and bug-tracking tools 

• Capable of engaging at all levels with customers 

• Test planning and estimation 

 

We’re also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like;  

• happiest working under their own direction and initiative, but fully supported when needed  

• confident to have a voice in a team and represent the testing function and activities 

• attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things! 

• ability to work effectively with remote teams with geographical and time zone differences 

• ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales  

What we can do for you: 

We’re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employee’s:    §     Real Flexibility – we’re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office.   §     Awesome Environment – all of our employee’s will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on – that’s in large part because the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work.   §     Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market.   §     Recognition & Growth –    Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv Digital means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams in the UK and India thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth. Don’t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews.

 

 

You will live the Kerv values…

• Think Customer First
• Team is everything
• Spread good vibes
• Build future
• Do the right thing

At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together.