QA Engineer

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled QA Engineer to join our high-performance team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both manual and automated testing, coupled with leadership experience or the ability to drive quality initiatives across development teams. As a key player, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products by collaborating with cross-functional teams, setting testing strategies, and guiding best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manual Testing:
  • Execute comprehensive manual test cases to identify bugs and ensure functional correctness of the product.
  • Design and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on product requirements and user stories.
  • Perform regression, integration, and acceptance testing on various platforms.
• Automation Testing:
  • Create, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of an automated test suite to improve the efficiency and coverage of testing.
  • Collaborate with developers to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Quality Leadership:
  • Define and implement QA strategies, processes, and best practices to improve product quality and testing efficiency.
  • Ensure test coverage across multiple projects while managing deadlines and resources.
  • Advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) by collaborating with product managers, developers, and stakeholders.
  • Participate in defect triage meetings and coordinate with development teams to resolve bugs and issues.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the QA team, regularly reviewing processes and recommending optimizations.
• Reporting & Documentation:
  • Document and track bugs, test results, and metrics to provide insights into the product’s quality and test coverage.
  • Generate and present reports on test progress, test coverage, and quality metrics to stakeholders.
  • Ensure thorough documentation of testing strategies, processes, and scripts for ongoing and future reference.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, software testing standards, and the software development cycle, including: test automation, test design, test execution analysis and reporting
• Demonstrated experience developing high-quality test plans
• Excellent communication skills, with a strong ability to convey technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders
• Creative problem-solving abilities, with a deep-seated drive to find ways to make things easier
• Ability to manage time between tasks and prioritize as necessary
• SQL database skills
• Proficiency in an object-oriented language such as C# and Java
• Ability to write automated test cases using Selenium, Cucumber or any other automation framework

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in all phases of software testing
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and executing both manual and automated test scripts.
• Proficiency in automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, TestNG, or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software development processes, testing methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail).
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Detail-oriented and able to prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of programming/scripting languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python, JavaScript) to develop test scripts.
• Experience writing test automation using automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress and etc)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, or similar for automated testing.
• Experience in performance and load testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.

Where this role will take you:

You’ll have the opportunity to grow as our organization grows, scaling QA and the engineering team for a fast-growing company with staff across the US.