Quality Engineer (QE) Specialist

About the role

Encora is looking for a QE Specialist in Manila to ensure the quality and performance of its software products. The role focuses on performance, automation, error recovery, resiliency and configurability. It is a contract position, based in Paseo De Roxas, Makati City, with a hybrid or work-from-home arrangement.

Key responsibilities

• Understand feature architecture and implementation so that testing is focused and redundant tests are avoided
• Apply deep expertise in one or more testing types (frontend, backend, automation) and know which tests should be automated versus run manually
• Plan and drive testing of projects spanning multiple quarters and teams, and spot non-obvious flaws and underspecified scenarios in specifications
• Identify the root cause of bugs in areas of domain expertise
• Drive quality process improvements and propose quality metrics, with input from senior leaders, and use metric data to advocate for customer-impacting product improvements

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline
• 5+ years of software testing experience (the listing also states 6-8 years)
• Experience with command-line Git, CI/CD pipelines and Docker

Required skills

• Advanced Python programming
• Solid SQL and at least one open-source test automation framework such as Behave
• Test automation tools: MindMup, Postman, Xcode Simulator, Android Studio Emulator, Node.js and Cucumber
• Pure automation testing with AI knowledge and/or experience (Selenium, AWS, CI/CD)