Test Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues.

Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Let’s change the game together.

We are looking for a Test Engineer to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg (Hybrid- In office 2 days a week). 

• Collaborating with client to understand project requirements and create test plans that outline the testing strategy, scope, and resources needed for successful testing.
• Developing detailed test cases based on requirements and specifications, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all functionality and edge cases.
• Executing test cases manually or using automated testing tools to validate software functionality, identify defects, and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Documenting defects found during testing, including detailed steps to reproduce and prioritize them based on severity, and tracking their resolution through to closure.
• Conducting regression tests to verify that previously developed and tested software still performs correctly after changes or enhancements have been made.
• Developing and maintaining automated test scripts to increase testing efficiency, repeatability, and coverage, using tools like Selenium, JUnit, or TestNG.
• Conducting performance testing to assess the responsiveness, scalability, and reliability of software under different load conditions, using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
• Collaborating with development teams to perform integration testing, ensuring that individual software components work together as intended within the larger system.
• Creating and maintaining test documentation, including test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test reports to provide a comprehensive overview of testing activities and results.
• Identifying areas for process improvement within the testing lifecycle, proposing and implementing best practices, tools, and techniques to enhance overall testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Effectively communicating with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and quality assurance professionals, to ensure clear understanding of testing objectives, progress, and issues.
• Ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices related to software testing, quality assurance, and software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum).
• Identifying and assessing potential risks associated with software changes or releases, and developing mitigation strategies to minimize the impact on quality and project timelines.
• Assisting with customer support by investigating and resolving issues reported by users, reproducing reported defects, and providing timely updates on issue resolution status.

Essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISTQB Qualification is essential.

Desirable:

• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering
• Certification in tools like Selenium, Rest API, etc.

• Involved in Test Plan Preparation.
• Experience in Test Scenario and Test Case Design.
• Experience in Test Data - Involved in Handover for UAT and Business Co-Ordination for Sign off.
• Intermediate experience in JIRA and Defect Management.
• Understanding of Selenium and able to create and execute selenium scripts.
• Understanding of SQL and Data Extraction.
• Knowledge experience with SOUPUI and Postman.
• Familiar with Test Management tools.
• Able to make use of existing Selenium / API testing automation architecture.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Testing.
• Banking experience essential candidates with Forex Payments / Forex Dealing background preferred.
• Familiar with working in agile environment within SAFE or DAD methodology.
• Ability to perform both functional or automation testing depending on project priorities.
• Proven experience in UI as well UX testing required.

We are guided by shared values in all things we do: Courage, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Accountability.

• Courage – We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance.
• Excellence – We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset.
• Collaboration –Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks.
• Respect – We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always.
• Accountability – We are reliable. We celebrate our successes, we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our “right to fail” as an opportunity to bounce back and progress.