Junior QA Analyst

Job Purpose

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our well-established Quality Assurance Team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their career who is eager to learn and grow in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate is proactive, eager to develop their skills, and comfortable working with cross-functional teams. You will work closely with project managers, developers, product managers, and occasionally with sales and support teams to help ensure we deliver a high-quality trading platform to our users.

Key Qualities

• Enthusiastic about learning and contributing to a dynamic team
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to ask questions
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
• Interest in financial markets or commodities trading is a plus

This role offers hands-on experience and mentorship opportunities, making it a great fit for someone looking to build a career in Quality Assurance

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing functional and regression tests based on provided test cases and requirements.
• Review business and functional requirements with guidance to understand testing needs.
• Create test cases that will validate business and functional requirements.
• Support the QA team in maintaining and updating manual test cases.
• Participate in test execution across different environments and document results clearly.
• Learn to test applications in multi-tiered architecture with support from senior team members.
• Collaborate with developers and QA leads to understand the software development lifecycle and quality assurance processes.
• Help identify and report bugs and assist in verifying fixes.
• Support basic troubleshooting of configuration issues under supervision.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or business-related field.
• Some experience or coursework in software testing, preferably with web-based applications or experience in financial markets or commodities trading.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA processes.
• Familiarity with writing and executing test cases.
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn from feedback.
• Good problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Exposure to testing application such as ALM, Jira or similar tool set is a plus.
• Familiarity with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium) or programming/scripting is a bonus but not required.
• Eagerness to grow in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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