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At the start of a project the SQAE performs the black box testing phase of the application. Almost all applications work on three tiers, application, business and database layer. The SQAE will test the application on all three hers. keeping in consideration the functionality, reliability. usability, and portability of the system.

Academic qualifications required

• Software houses usually prefer graduates with a Computer Science degree Graduates with degrees in telecom and mathematics / statistics can also be hired, • Completing a Masters in Computer Science is highly advised for SQAE professionals once they have gained a few years of experience. • Relevant certifications

Required technical skills

• Basic knowledge of software and the hardware used in the development of the application • Documenting and communicating the bug report in a dear and concise manner • The ability to define clearly the quality
he career path of a Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Even if the software team of an organisation develops an extremely innovative and useful software's pretty much use;Pass and affectedly liability it keeps crashing and churning out errors and anomalies. To prevent this, every software house/development centre has a quality assurance department which ensures the end product delivered is as error-free as possible The Core responsibilities of a Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SC:ME) are as follows: • Identify and report bugs, detect defects in the application being developed • Fix the bugs while maintaining communication with the development team • Write, manage and execute test cases • Verify the requirements of the customer, ensuring that the software developed fulfils the customer's specifications.
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Required non-technical skills

• Good writing skills * Ability to wear multiple hats - software engineer when communicating with developers, users when supporting the user base, executive when talking about upper scope of application, upper management when asking for feedback about the reports being developed • Be able to provide support (not technical support, but providing support to technical people, on how to provide technical support to the user) • Excellent organisational

Average pay scales

Associate Software (Duality Assurance Engineer PR 15,000 to 20,00u Software Quality Assurance Engineer: P$ 41,000 to 30,000 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer PKR 40,000 to 40,000 SQA Lead. PKR 40,000 to S0.000 SQA Consultant. PR 60,000 SQA Architect: PKR 00,000 *
Starting up a software quality assurance consultancy is also a viable option.

Career path

Most software quality assurance engineers move on to become business analysts or go into project management. As they have had an exposure to different categories of applications, their scope widens in regards to software development: After gaining valuable experience in the field. individuals might make a shift towards consultancy. Or join up-and-coming start up firms to lead the quality assurance departing.