Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Position details: Full-time/permanent, fully remote position in South Africa
Reports to: Quality Assurance Manager

Working with us

Netstock was founded with a clear vision: To give the hungry up-and-comers the capability to level the playing field and compete with the industry giants.

Working here means embracing that “challenger” mentality: We are smart, scrappy fighters, building our edge with the agility to move faster than the big guys — pioneering smarter ways to work and innovating new ways to deliver powerfully easy to use technologies for our customers.

The role

At Netstock we aspire to deliver performant and high quality software. Our focus on quality makes the Quality Assurance Engineer role key to Netstock’s success.

As a member of the Netstock Quality Assurance Engineering team, you will take the lead in producing actionable insights for product and engineering leadership through efficient and effective testing of Netstock’s products and B2B API.

Key deliverables

• Establish a fresh quality assurance solution for the products at Netstock.

• Take ownership of product acceptance testing which includes overseeing and executing the quality control process.

• Continually maintain and, as much as is reasonable, improve on product test coverage.

• Document the Quality Assurance needs required for the role.

What you will be doing

• Maintain the high quality of Netstock’s software.

• Define, monitor and improve upon the Quality Assurance process and practices at Netstock, including our quality assurance architecture, frameworks, policies, standards and tools at all stages of the SDLC.

• Execute the quality control process, including taking ownership of product acceptance testing.

• Enhance test data as new product features are established.

• Collaborate with product stakeholders to ensure that problems discovered will be investigated and the quality assurance process will be adapted to address these problems moving forward.

• Train Netstock team members on quality assurance control process and policies.

• Initiate and own the handover of acceptance testing from the customer success team to Quality Assurance.

• Define, document and maintain the product acceptance testing strategy / approach and expand the depth of testing as your product knowledge improves.

• Keep abreast of the expectations of the product stakeholders, engaging with the Quality Assurance Manager for assistance in managing these expectations.

• Execute day-to-day testing related to deliverables planned for each sprint.

• Define and execute the test automation strategy, considering any needs for alignment across the product engineering teams as well as the broader Netstock automation strategy.

• Grow and continually update your product knowledge.

• Take the Quality Assurance Manager with you on the journey.

What we are looking for

Experience

• 5 or more years of experience in test analysis, design and execution at a senior level.

• Proven experience in balancing between hands-on and tool-based testing activities.

• Confident in working with knowledgeable individuals.

• Meticulous at planning for, and recording the outcome of meetings and discussions pertaining to the product engineering process.

• Previously been responsible for, or been involved in the process, of defining a Quality Assurance framework for a team, or have a clear understanding of what this requires.

Knowledge that will support your success in the role

• Managing test environments installed on a Linux operating system.

• Managing test data in flat files and in mysql / Postgres RDBMS using SQL DDL and DML.

• Using Git repositories to manage source code, including experience in using a Git platform such as Github, GitLab or Bitbucket in an IDE as well as on the command-line.

• Using an API client to explore, document and test APIs.

• A proven track record in building automated acceptance tests using tools such as Selenium Webdriver, Cypress and / or Microsoft Playwright.

• Having performed testing working directly with product owners and developers.

• Using and maintaining GitHub or GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Using and maintaining Docker containers within a cloud environment such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.

Skills and aptitudes

• High level of attention to detail.

• Able to prioritize your own work within agreed deadlines and manage stakeholder expectations where necessary.

• Ability to think quickly, be agile, solution driven, innovative, problem solve and have the confidence to make decisions.

• Great communication skills.

Personal qualities:

• Fluent in English

• Self motivated

Education:

We don’t have any specific education background requirements for the role as your attitude is a far better foundation for success at Netstock.

That said, formal qualifications in Information Technology, Software Development and / or testing will be advantageous.

Circumstances:

• Flexibility to travel within South Africa from time-to-time for team or company get-togethers.

• Netstock will provide the hardware necessary to perform this role (including UPS power).

• As this is a remote role, you’ll need access to stable, secure, high-speed fixed-line internet connectivity (Netstock provides a subsidy towards internet subscription costs).

The small print...

This position is subject to pre-employment screening, however candidates will not be unfairly discriminated against.

We receive a high number of applications per role and therefore ONLY successful applicants will be contacted.

This role is open to residents of the Republic of South Africa. Although we may consider candidates with permanent residency, preference will be given to citizens of the Republic of South Africa.

About Netstock

Netstock is the driving force accelerating the growth of organizations worldwide. Over the last 15 years, we’ve built out a regional presence that gives us deep insights into supply chain planning factors in each industry. We continue to enhance our supply chain planning solutions, making our predictive engine smarter, accelerating automation, and adding sophisticated new capabilities such as AI and machine learning.

The Netstock Predictive Planning Suite consists of two products:

• Predictor Inventory Advisor (Predictor IA); and

• Predictor Integrated Business Planning (Predictor IBP).

You can read more about Netstock’s history and our product offering at https://www.netstock.com/about.