Remote QA Analyst | Software Quality & Automation

Placements24; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Remote Quality Assurance Analyst to join a dynamic virtual team. You will ensure software quality, reliability and user-friendliness across web and mobile products, collaborating with developers and product managers to identify and track defects.

You will design and execute comprehensive test plans, automate where appropriate, and contribute to continuous QA improvements while working independently from a home office in South Africa.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in software quality assurance or testing.
• Experience developing and executing test cases for complex software applications.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, cases and scripts for web and mobile apps.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, usability and performance testing.
• Identify, document and track defects using bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira).
• Collaborate with developers, product managers and QA team to understand requirements.
• Reproduce, troubleshoot and isolate defects for resolution.
• Contribute to continuous QA process improvements and methodologies.
• Participate in agile meetings, provide testing feedback on features.
• Ensure releases meet quality and performance criteria.
• Automate test cases where appropriate to increase efficiency.
• Maintain clear documentation of test results and status.

Skills

Software testing

SDLC

Agile methodologies

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Jira

Bugzilla

Selenium

Appium

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Remote Quality Assurance Analyst to join a dynamic virtual team. You will ensure software quality, reliability and user-friendliness across web and mobile products, collaborating with developers and product managers to identify and track defects.

You will design and execute comprehensive test plans, automate where appropriate, and contribute to continuous QA improvements while working independently from a home office in South Africa.