QA (API) Test Analyst (Storefront)

takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented QA Test Analyst (API) to join our team. 

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us.  We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 2.5 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D Food. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Who’s who in the tech space

This position reports to the QA Manager.

The Role

A QA Analyst’s job duties include planning, designing, and evaluating products, as well as collaborating with production management. The QA Analyst makes sure that the finished product can be identified easily and tested thoroughly. Testing returned units, collecting data, and analysing patterns are also among the test engineer's duties.

Work closely with the Team and QA Manager to ensure quality is implemented as part of the processes and that quality standards are adhered to.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Identify, record, document tests thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop status reports based on test completion/findings and communicate these to team leaders including any impact on the overall project plan
• Perform all tasks with attention to detail
• Read and comprehend requirements for testing
• Create test plans and test cases per business requirements
• Contribute to Automation coverage
• Troubleshoot issues experienced during testing
• Partake in test case management, creation and execution
• Perform Backend API testing
• Prioritisation of tasks, identification of items requiring escalation
• Production on call alert monitoring.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field and a minimum of 3 years experience as a technical backend QA Test Analyst
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 5 years of experience as a technical backend QA Test Analyst
• Demonstrable experience with testing back-end systems/services
• Experience in writing automation tests. Python based automation frameworks will be advantageous
• Experience working with defect tracking – JIRA preferred
• Quick learner and can adapt to multiple project environments in a shorter time frame
• Strong background in API REST service testing
• Experience with mobile apps testing (multiple platforms, devices, and operating systems) with API’s
• Experience with test tools like SOAP UI, POSTMAN or jMeter.
• Exposure to db query tools
• Working knowledge of SQL

The skills we need

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-motivated with strong capability of fast learning.
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and within the team.
• The ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to analyse and solve complex problems quickly and creatively.

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 2.5 million happy shoppers shop online on takealot.com. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, Superbalist.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere. 
• Tech stack (for days): ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to). 

Like what you see?

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference