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With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.\nWhat started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!\nThe Division:\nJonas Club Software helps clubs thrive by focusing on the creation of exceptional experiences. These experiences are delivered through industry leading services, integrated applications, innovative technology, and long-term partnerships with the clubs.\nThe Position:\nWe are looking to hire Interns/FreshGrads to be members of QA teams, executing tasks as part of the test plans for software development. Contribute to QA activities throughout the entire life cycle of the development process, ensuring an understanding of which tasks are needed to support the development team in the production of new features and resolution of defects so that software is delivered to a high level of quality. Contribute to the development of methodologies in relation to quality assurance and follow these methodologies when executing tasks.\nThe selected SQA Trainee would progress from training to apprenticeship, to potentially a full-time permanent employment role in the Contour Software Karachi office. \nRequired Skills & Experience:\nUniversity degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, and/or related discipline.\nNew/Recent/Soon to Graduate Computer Science & Software Engineering graduates are encouraged to apply.\nFamiliar with the software development lifecycle and software quality assurance & testing concepts.\nMust have good programming/scripting knowledge and skills. Object-Oriented Programming is preferred.\nKnowledge and exposure to writing and executing SQL queries.\nKnowledge of automation testing tools is a plus.\nKnowledge of different application types/architecture.\nAbility to evaluate a system, understand complexities, identify weaknesses/bottlenecks.\nMust have good analytical and problem-solving skills.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills in English.\nKey Competencies:\nAttention to detail\nData collection, management, and analysis\nProblem analysis and problem-solving\nPlanning and organizing\nJudgment\nDecision-making\nTeamwork\nAbility to think and work independently\nEnergetic and a \"can-do” attitude\nSuitable for someone who:\nIs passionate about ensuring the best quality software is delivered, have an analytical mind and thinks about different ways to use the system and is willing to ask questions and document the answers in order to understand how the system should work, whilst identifying areas that may not behave as expected.\n Disclaimer: At Contour, we attribute our success to the unique contributions of our diverse staff. 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