Golang Job: Quality Assistance Analyst

02nd February, 2023

About Us
We’re a technology company; that’s grown over the last 25-years from a single-computer to a $1billion ASX-300 company.

Our mission is “to make lottery easy”; and our vision is to be the leading global provider of digital lottery products and services. We aim to create the possible - both through the solutions we develop to help our lottery and not-for-profit partners raise more funds; and through enabling our people to innovate, grow and have fun in a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Our roots are in Brisbane, Australia, but our orientation is global; and encapsulates a 250+ strong multi-disciplinary team, working with a 10,000+ client-base and engaging with a 5 million+ player-base across Australia, the United Kingdom and North America.

Jumbo's Engineering team leverages tech such as Golang, Docker, TypeScript, and React to regularly ship code that improves our products and has a positive impact on our customers. We deploy fast and often - in 2022 we totalled 4000 releases. This means Engineers get to see their code out in the wild, being put to the test by real users.

Who we're looking for:
You'll be directly responsible for providing high-quality and timely QA support as part of an agile team and assist in the development and implementation of online systems.

As part of a small high-energy team, you will deliver incredible, creative improvements to our products. You will contribute to the success of the software development team through quality assistance and quality assurance practices.

You Will Also:
Be an ambassador for quality practices and principles within the development team with a focus on achieving zero-defect delivery, as well as use your product knowledge to contribute to the analysis & planning stages of the development process ensuring quality is a planned outcome from the start.
Additionally you will:

• Execute test plans and other quality assurance activities for the software development team.
• Coach and mentor Software Engineers on quality assistance practices. Be a fanatic in the team by continuously improving team knowledge and skills.
• Monitor, measure and improve quality metrics in the team.
• Work with other Quality Assistance Analysts and other stakeholders to develop standards and practices. Make recommendations for the team and the department to improve quality outcomes.
• Identify gaps & assist in automating the manual test effort. Use different automation tools to design, establish, and deploy effective test automation solutions.
• Estimate, prioritise, plan and perform quality focussed activities with the development team. Demonstrate effective requirements traceability throughout the development lifecycle using quality assurance techniques.

• SQL proficiency & understanding of database systems;
• Ability to investigate, comprehend & communicate complex processes and systems;
• 2+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality assistance, quality assurance, or a similar role.
• Strong analytical skills with a mindset that questions assumptions; with a willingness to continuously help improve processes and procedures
• Able to work in a self-directed fashion while also contributing to team goals and harmony
• Excellent technical communicator, both written and verbal

• A short-term incentive program that rewards your contributions with an annual bonus, dependent on company performance.
• For 120 days of any 12 month period, Jumbonians can work from almost anywhere in the world
• Flexible working options including hours - remote, in-office or hybrid
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across the employee career journey
• An Employee Assistance Program where you can access counselling and coaching sessions to improve your wellbeing
• Mobility opportunities, including lateral transfers, secondments both local and international
• Focus on talent management, including career and skills development
• An onsite chef who makes a fresh, gourmet lunch every day, straight from our commercial kitchen!
• Social activities - lunchtime chess, lunchtime soccer, Friday get-togethers
• 14 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid partner leave
• Plenty of opportunity for lateral transfers and secondments to test and stretch your skills

• Take ownership
• Are open and respectful
• Create possibilities
• Exist for our customers
• Are adaptable