Implementation Testing Engineer

About the role

ProgressSoft Qatar is hiring an Implementation Testing Engineer in Doha to ensure the successful implementation and testing of its software solutions. The role requires a strong background in both implementation and testing methodologies to deliver high-quality products to customers.

Key responsibilities

• Take part in project planning and give input on testing requirements, risks and timelines.
• Create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test cases and test reports.
• Build a deep understanding of the software product, its customisation and integration within the signed and baselined scope.
• Work with developers, implementation teams, project managers and business analysts to define and document test cases.
• Develop and execute functional, integration and regression tests, track and report defects and work with developers to resolve them.
• Run end-to-end testing of customer software and carry out full setup certification before customer acceptance.
• Manage the testing phase with the customer's SIT and UAT teams, track issues, bugs and change requests, and report daily and weekly status.
• Support customers during test execution, verify resolved bugs before release, and run a sanity check after release.
• Coordinate non-functional testing (performance, security, penetration, DR drill, BCT) with the implementation team.
• Maintain corporate quality controls and testing plans in line with the PMO and Group Operations.

Required profile

• 3-5 years of experience in software testing, preferably on banking or payment applications.
• Experience implementing payments-related projects with banks, financial institutions or payment service providers; experience in Qatar or other GCC markets preferred.
• Good command of English and Arabic, and excellent attention to detail, organisation and teamwork.
• Background in software development preferred.

Required skills

• Functional, integration and regression testing of web and back-end systems, including manual and automation testing, API testing and defect management.
• Knowledge of STLC and test process phases.
• End-to-end payment lifecycle knowledge; payment and clearing systems such as cheque clearing, ACH, instant payments, RTGS and GCC cross-border payments, and ISO 20022 messages.
• Knowledge of SWIFT MT/MX and CBPR+ is a plus; security testing tools experience is a plus.