At the Money Forward Fukuoka development base, we are developing various services, including the business-oriented cloud service Money Forward Cloud, to solve a wide range of financial issues.
As we continue to add new products and features, rapid development and quality assurance to satisfy our customers have become urgent needs.
While speed is being ensured through Agile development, quality assurance in short cycles is still a work in progress, and we are continuously improving through trial and error.
As the number of product users increases and the organization expands, we are seeking someone who can lead the team as a Lead QA and drive product quality improvement.
You will be responsible for a wide range of tasks, including building and executing test strategies in the ERP domain of the back-office SaaS “Money Forward Cloud,” as well as project management operations.
Responsibilities
- Organizational management, including recruitment and development of team members
- Formulating test plans to meet customer requirements and product goals
- Quality analysis, quality improvement, and defect analysis
- Improvement of test processes
- Improvement of development processes
- Improvement of operational efficiency
- Promotion of test automation (strategy formulation, implementation, and improvement)
- Upon joining, it is expected that you will be assigned as a QA leader for 1-2 ERP products.
Requirements
- Over 3 years of experience as a QA engineer
- ISTQB or JSTQB Foundation Level certification, or equivalent knowledge
- Experience in formulating and executing test strategies with a focus on QCD and the test pyramid
- Experience leading a test team (including onboarding and developing team members)
- Proactive attitude towards quality improvement
- Ability to question existing processes and methods, actively identify and propose solutions to issues, and lead stakeholders such as PdM/Eng. towards improvement and resolution
- Basic Japanese level (N5 or equivalent) and a willingness to learn.
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- QA experience in a business company
- Experience in quality planning, quality analysis, and quality improvement
- Experience in improving development processes
- JCSQE Software Quality Engineer Certification at the basic or intermediate level or higher
- JSTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level or higher
- Experience using various testing tools
- Experience in automating UI tests or API tests
- Technical knowledge in the development of web or smartphone applications, and experience as an engineer
- Experience in building/maintaining CI environments
- Ability to analyze logs and data to identify issues
- Practical experience in software development, including reading and writing source code, with some knowledge or experience in software development (approximately 2-3 years)
Compensation
6.408 to 10.008 million JPY annually.
