IT - Tester Quality Assurance
The Quality Assurance Tester works in IT. They are responsible for ensuring the quality and functionality of software products. They create test plans and test cases and help to ensure that errors can be identified and resolved before launch.
You test the quality of a digital product. You will have practical experience in handling test tools and using various test methods.
What are the tasks of a Quality Assurance Tester?
Before a product is launched, the job of an IT tester is Quality Assurance. In addition to technical knowledge, you also have a very good eye for errors that may not be immediately obvious. You need to be curious and creative. You have to fulfil various tasks in your day-to-day work:
- Creation of test plans
- Carrying out tests
- Error management
- Regression tests
- Performance tests
- Safety tests
- Usability testing
- Cooperation with other departments
You are familiar with UI flow and API integration in your day-to-day work. You are familiar with smoke tests and carry out regression tests. You use JIRA and bug tracking systems and Jenkins, CircleCI for continuous integration/continuous development are no foreign words to you. Scrum and Kanban are your language and you work in sprints. You are familiar with tools such as LoadRunner and JMEter and your routines include ensuring that applications are stable and provide a good end-user experience.
How do you become a Quality Assurance Tester and which soft skills are helpful?
The good news is that you don't need to have any special training or a degree to work as a Quality Assurance Tester. What is important is a good technical understanding.
It is important that you have basic knowledge in areas such as programming, software development models and that you are familiar with server architectures. There are also basic courses or expert areas with which you can further your education and which are internationally recognised.
It is important that you have practical experience. You may have gained this through participation in projects, but also through internships and freelance work. Here you can gain experience in using test tools and learn various test methods that you will then need as a Tester Quality Assurance.
As a Quality Assurance Tester you should have some soft skills:
- Communication skills
- Team spirit
- Analytical skills
- Problem solutions
- Eye for detail
How much can you earn as a Quality Assurance Tester?
It is used in the area of tester quality assurance in the IT industry As in so many professions in Germany, the salary depends on the location and size of the company, but also on the sector in which you will be working. As a rule, you will earn more in the northern and western federal states than in the east and south. There are some cities that are particularly popular and pay higher salaries.
You can usually earn more money in larger software companies. In smaller companies, you have the opportunity to make more career progress.
It also depends on your professional experience. If you are just starting out in your career, you still need to gain experience. Once you have established yourself in the profession and have gained experience, specialised knowledge and also obtained the necessary certifications, you can usually apply for a Jannual salary of 40,000 to 45,000 euros on average gross per year.
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