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What does a modern Quality Engineer actually do? Amber Idumwonyi explores how Quality Engineering has evolved beyond finding defects to encompass risk, test design, automation, accessibility, technical investigation, collaboration, AI and evidence-based decision-making.

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi When people first learn software testing, the Software Testing Life Cycle, often abb

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi In the previous issue of Amber Insights, I explored Shift Left Testing and why quali

This partnership has been built around a challenge that both organisations strongly believe needs addressing: The gap between learning the skills and being given the opportunity to apply them. Across the technology industry, aspiring professionals invest significant time developing technical skills, completing training, and building their knowledge. But when they begin looking for opportunities, they are often met with the same requirement: “You need experience.” And that cre

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi "Shift left" has become one of the most frequently used phrases in modern software d

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi A team can have experienced Quality Engineers, sophisticated automation, comprehensi

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi One of the most important lessons I have learned in Quality Engineering is that not

Nigeria's technology ecosystem is growing rapidly, and with more organisations relying on software to deliver services, the quality and reliability of that software have become increasingly important. In a significant development, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has introduced guidelines for licensing organisations that provide software testing services in Nigeria. The Software Testing Organisations Licensing Guideline forms part of NITDA's broa

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi Software development has changed dramatically over the last two decades. Application

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi Ask someone outside the software industry what Software Testers do, and the answer i

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi In many organisations, software testing is still viewed as the final checkpoint befo

Creating meaningful industry experience for Oxford students. We are delighted to announce an important milestone in LEMP's journey. LEMP has been approved as an employer on the University of Oxford's CareerConnect platform and will be participating in the University of Oxford Micro-Internship Programme. This achievement reflects our continued commitment to bridging the gap between education and industry by creating opportunities for students to gain meaningful, practical expe

This article is part of LEMP's This Week in Tech series, where we break down the biggest developments in the technology industry and explain what they mean for aspiring tech professionals, Software Testers, and anyone building a career in tech. Technology never stands still. Every week brings new breakthroughs, major business decisions, cybersecurity developments, and innovations that reshape how we work, build, and solve problems. Some stories dominate the headlines. Others

Amber Insights is LEMP's weekly thought leadership series, where Amber Idumwonyi, the CEO of LEMP, shares practical insights from her experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, AI, leadership, and technology careers. Each edition explores real-world challenges, industry trends, and best practices to help professionals and aspiring tech talent grow with confidence. By Amber Idumwonyi Software testing is often viewed as one of the final activities in software delivery

This article is part of LEMP's This Week in Tech series, where we break down the biggest developments in the technology industry and explain what they mean for aspiring tech professionals, Software Testers, and anyone building a career in tech. Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate headlines, with new breakthroughs, product launches, and business investments announced almost every week. For many people, these developments are exciting. For others, they're creating unc

Manual testing is not just one process, it includes different types of testing, each with a specific purpose. A professional QA tester doesn't simply click around an application looking for bugs. Instead, they apply different testing approaches depending on the stage of development, the type of change made, and the risks involved. Understanding these testing types helps you: Test more effectively Identify bugs faster Improve test coverage Think like a real QA professional St

When people think about software testing, they often imagine testers simply clicking buttons and reporting bugs. In reality, testing follows a structured process designed to ensure software quality from start to finish. This process is known as the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC). The STLC provides a framework that helps testing teams plan, execute, and evaluate testing activities in a systematic way. Whether you're testing a simple login page or a large enterprise applica

We are excited to announce that LEMP has been selected to join the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator 2026, delivered by Foundervine in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs. Representing LEMP in the programme is our Founder & CEO, Amber Idumwonyi, who joins a cohort of ambitious founders building innovative businesses across multiple industries. Out of more than 400 applications, only 25 startups were selected for the programme and LEMP is one of those startups. Over the next

Starting a career in manual testing can be exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. There are test cases to write, bugs to report, applications to explore, and testing concepts to learn. The good news is that most beginner testers make similar mistakes. The better news is that once you recognize these mistakes early, you can avoid them and develop stronger testing skills much faster. Manual testing is not just about clicking buttons and checking whether something works. I

Finding bugs is only half the job in QA. The real value comes from how well you report them. A poorly written bug report slows down developers.A clear one gets fixed faster. 👉 If you're new to QA, start here: Complete Guide to Manual Testing (With Real Examples) What is a Bug Report? A bug report is a document that explains: What the issue is How to reproduce it What was expected What actually happened Structure of a Good Bug Report A standard bug report includes: Bug ID Tit