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The role also provides objective quality evidence to support the Definition of Done (DoD) and release readiness.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\n Define risk-based test strategies, plans and test coverage for the two assigned squads, covering activities from requirements gathering through to release.\n\n Participate in backlog refinement and sprint planning to assess requirements and acceptance criteria for testability and identify gaps early.\n\n Design and execute functional, integration, system and regression testing, as well as support user acceptance testing for banking and digital channel applications.\n\n Conduct non-functional quality testing, including performance, basic security, accessibility, resilience and data integrity.\n\n Log, classify, prioritise and follow up defects, providing clear reproduction steps, severity levels and root-cause information.\n\n Build and maintain automated test suites for critical user journeys, APIs and regression testing.\n\n Integrate automated tests and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to support shift-left testing and continuous quality assurance.\n\n Contribute to shared testing tools, test data management and test environment readiness.\n\n Confirm testing entry and exit criteria, test evidence and sign-off requirements before each release, in accordance with the bank’s change and release management processes.\n\n Maintain audit-ready test evidence, traceability and documentation while complying with applicable quality standards and regulatory requirements.\n\n Promptly communicate release risks and quality concerns to Squad Leads and the Manager.\n\n Provide accurate quality data, including test execution results, defect trends and test coverage, for central quality dashboards.\n\n Conduct defect root-cause analysis and recommend preventive actions.\n\n Coach squad members on software quality practices and share lessons learned across delivery teams.\n\n Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, Business Analysts, DevOps Engineers and Release Management teams to achieve quality objectives.\n\nQualifications and Requirements\n\nApplicants must meet the following requirements:\n\n Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems or a related field.\n\n Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Software Testing or Quality Engineering. 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The Bank promotes an inclusive workplace and encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.\n\nImportant Notice\n\nCRDB Bank does not charge any fees for job applications or recruitment. Applicants should disregard any requests for payment, as they do not represent the Bank’s recruitment practices. 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