Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Software Tester (Kigali)
About us
We’re Deriv, the geeky upstarts who pioneered an industry 20 years ago. Today, with over a million traders worldwide and 400+ employees, we enable anyone to get trading from anywhere, at any time.
Deriv (RW) Ltd is the latest addition to our offices around the globe. A response to our growing customer base across Africa and our commitment to them. Be part of something big. Join us.
Our team
You will be part of our Quality Assurance team. We are software testing engineers who execute high-quality tests to refine our wide range of products and services. We look after the quality, usability, and stability of our websites and trading platforms to deliver a world-class experience to our end users.
Your role
As a Software Tester at Deriv.com, you will engage in quality control throughout the product development lifecycle of all our products, services, and systems. You will help come up with test plans and ensure their execution on each stage, from planning until release. We process over a million transactions per day, and we need you to help deliver the best version of every product, fully optimised, free from bugs, and polished for client utilisation. .

Your challenges
• Perform high-quality automated and manual tests on the Deriv.com website, applications, backend infrastructure, and related systems.
• Collaborate closely with the rest of the QA and IT teams to create, design, and run several types of testing based on different objectives.
• Integrate various types of testing into our existing workflows, both internal and external.
• Ensure the integrity of releases by coordinating testing procedures and activities.
• Track and keep a detailed record of every bug that you discover.
• Identify, document, and investigate issues reported by our clients and the Client Support team.
• Replicate reported issues and work with our IT teams to find the root cause, understand the problem, and help come up with solutions.

What you have
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or an equivalent combination of technical education, training, and work experience
• Ability to write high-quality, self-documenting code using test-driven development techniques
• Minimum of two years experience in a software or web application testing role
• Experience in designing and executing test plans (both automated and manual)
• Experience with agile development methods such as Scrum or Kanban
• Familiarity with Git
• Passion for Linux and other open-source platforms
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

What’s good to have
• Experience with Postgres or another RDBMS
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, CSS
• Experience in performance and load testing
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages, preferably Perl, but can also be Python, PHP, or C/C++

What we’ll give you
• Exciting work challenges
• Cooperative work environment
• Career advancement opportunities
• Market-based salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Casual dress code

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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