Quality Analyst- Edtech

About the role 

We are looking for strong experience in understanding HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Core PHP, MySQL. Must have outstanding coding skills, Strong understanding of business logic and has a good learning curve. 

Responsibilities

• Basic Knowledge in PHP Frameworks like CodeIgniter, Core PHP, Laravel, Symphony etc. 

• Hands-on experience in Apache, Xampp, and Wamp Servers. 

• Basic CMS Knowledge if any (Joomla/WordPress/Drupal).

• Strong Knowledge if OOPS Concepts in PHP. 

• Implementing Payment Gateways as per project requirements like (E.g.: PayUMoney, PayPal, Paytm, Razor Pay)Capturing values to database, email notifications for pending/Failed and success payments. 

• Knowledge of different Project Lifecycles.  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or software engineering. 

• Minimum 2+ year of experience developing projects/applications using PHP. 

• Good communication verbal skills along with Process oriented. 

• Strong debugging skills and the ability to easily and quickly read and modify existing code. 

Location & Commitments 

Permanent full-time role based at our Ahmedabad, Gujarat office Monday – Friday. 

Salary Package 

No bar for the right candidate. 

Skyber is a fintech based in Mumbai, India and is building a connected commerce platform and disruptive Enterprise SaaS with the fundamental of digitalising, unifying and streamlining businesses processes and transactions.

At Skyber, we are obsessed with our vision to create an ecosystem for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Business Owners & freelancers of Bharat where we provide them with a procurements to payments & enquiry to invoicing platform. Skyber was born out of the need to bring back the focus on these business owners, to empower them so that they can ride along with the technology wave and adopt the phigital way.

To build such a community we require people with the same vision who are working towards making this dream possible for us and for all these business owners.

Being a part of Skyber is like being a part of a Sports team. Where we back each other.  We know each other's strengths and weaknesses and work towards becoming better individuals and humans while working towards achieving this Dream together.

At Skyber, we believe that responsibility backed by right culture and ambitions backed by ability can move mountains. Thus, people don't get hired by us, but invited to join the cult. ⚡

Our flagship platform - Baazaar(https://baazaar.io">https://baazaar.io) is live on Play Store and iOS App Store 🚀

• Developing new user-facing features using React.j & Next.JS
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers

• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, SCSS & JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with React.JS
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)

1. Working with a young & dynamic team that constantly tests your thinking and beliefs.
2. No specific work timings. We believe that your work should speak for you and not the time.
3. Constant amusement by Dot (Warning: Apply only if you like dogs) 🐶
4. Occasional doses of Yummy Home Cooked food😋
5. Homelike Work Environment (We also have a bed if you need to sleep - even though we think you wont get any)

If you like what we are doing, and possess the right skillsets and are willing to learn then what are you waiting for? Apply

• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in software quality assurance
• Solid experience in any of the programming languages such as Java, Python, JS, etc
• Experience working with Selenium automation testing, Jmeter, etc
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and process
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Solid experience in automation tools for unit, functional, API, UI, performance, and/or security testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Salesforce Testing, Certifications, and JIRA knowledge will be an advantage
• Hands-on experience in framework creation is preferable
• Experience in Git is mandatory

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Reviewing requirement documents, specifications to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Creating detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimating, prioritizing, planning, and coordinating quality testing activities
• Designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs
• Perform different levels of testing such as regression testing, sanity testing, smoke testing, etc
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product owners) to identify system requirements, debug results
• Track quality assurance metrics
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Managing and supporting the QA team
• Responsible for the deliverables of the QA team
• Reviewing test scenarios, test cases from the QA team

The successful candidate will be a pro-active problem solver, quick learner and will provide technical leadership and solution ownership. This candidate should have a passion for technology and should be looked at as a “technical guru” who champions their design, coding and implementation strengths and prides themselves on their development expertise. The successful candidate will join a team that develops and integrates enterprise e-commence and e-transaction systems for a diverse client base.

• The successful applicant will be responsible for the technical delivery of all development assignments allocated to him in a timely fashion, while meeting rigorous quality targets.
• Unit testing of code - Working with very large and complex SQL databases
• Troubleshooting through resolution of technical issues and system errors
• Performing testing, documentation, and mentoring/grooming/coaching less technical staff where applicable
• Work with Architects, Project Managers, and other Developers to estimate the level of effort necessary to implement assigned work packages.
• Write efficient, clean, tested code that follows high standards and quality requirements

Specific Skillset Required

Minimum 2-3 Years of strong hands-on experience on:

• PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML 5, Ajax, JSON
• PHP framework preferably Laravel

Strong Fundamental knowledge required

• Web development experience in Core PHP, Mysql, MVC architecture.
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures
• Implementation of Service Integration of an on Demand Web Application
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as (Git / SVN / Bitbucket)
• Experience in developing cross-browser-compatible web applications in HTML, CSS
• Experience developing and deploying solutions/applications across various environments (on-premises and cloud (AWS, Azure, Alibaba, GCP etc.)