Software Application Tester

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Part time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Software Application Tester for a contract position in Cape Town. The role focuses on testing applications for bugs, ensuring quality, and contributing to feature development and bug fixes.

You will review requirements, create test cases, perform various levels of testing (systems, integration, regression), and script tests to run within the organization's CI/CD processes.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years as a software application tester.
• Experience with security, UX, UI, and API integration testing.
• Proficiency in Java and Python; strong communicational skills.

Responsibilities

• Test applications for bugs and errors to ensure correct functioning.
• Automate tests and contribute to new features and bug fixes.
• Review software requirements and create test cases.
• Define user acceptance criteria and test plans.
• Script tests to run within CI/CD processes.
• Execute systems, integration, and regression testing, reporting defects.

Skills

Security Penetration Testing

UX Testing

UI Testing

API integration testing

Java

Python

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in applications programming or software testing

Tools

CI/CD scripting

Job description

About the job Software Application Tester

Contract position

• Tertiary qualifications and/or applicable training in applications programming courses and/or international software Testing qualification
• Minimum of 5 years experience as a software application tester working with:
• Security Penetration Testing
• UX Testing
• UI Testing
• Integration testing of APIs
• Good understanding of software development processes
• Proficiency in coding applications in Java, Python, and other languages
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities:

• As a software tester, you'll test applications for bugs and errors to make sure they're working correctly.
• You'll also have the opportunity to automate tests as well as contribute to the development of new features and bug fixes. You will be given a set number of tasks per week which may include testing application functionality, functional testing (testing whether an app is running smoothly) or automation testing (where you are able to create automated scripts that can execute certain scenarios).
  
• Review of software requirements
• Creating test cases and requirements
• Creating user acceptance criteria
• Preparation of test cases/plans
• Scripting tests to run within the organizations CI/CD processes
• Execute all levels of testing (systems, integration, and regression) reporting of defects