Senior Software Quality Engineer

Role Overview

• Define and execute comprehensive test strategies aligned with product risk, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.
• Develop detailed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases based on requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Identify high‑risk areas and apply risk‑based testing to ensure critical workflows receive appropriate coverage.
• Establish and track quality metrics such as defect trends, test execution progress, and escaped defects to inform team and leadership decisions.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to promote quality as a shared responsibility throughout the SDLC.
• Perform thorough functional, regression, integration, and system testing across web‑based applications.
• Execute end‑to‑end workflow testing, validating real‑world user scenarios and complex business logic.
• Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability issues, and defects not easily captured by scripted tests.
• Validate data accuracy, system behavior, and error handling across multiple environments.
• Write clear, high‑quality defect reports with business impact, reproduction steps, and expected vs. actual results.
• Maintain test traceability to requirements and compliance standards, supporting audits with clear, reliable documentation.
• Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to ensure test environments and test data support effective manual validation.
• Support release readiness by validating critical workflows, contributing to go/no‑go decisions, and performing production or post‑release validation as needed.
• Identify high‑value manual regression scenarios suitable for automation.
• Apply and extend existing automation tools, frameworks, and patterns used by the team.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated tests (UI, API, or integration), focusing on reliability, maintainability, and long‑term value.
• Partner with engineering and quality peers to ensure new features are testable and automation‑ready.
• Use automation to complement manual and exploratory testing, ensuring thoughtful coverage of high‑risk and complex scenarios.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Developers to ensure clear acceptance criteria, testable requirements, and automation-ready stories.
• Participate early in requirements, design, and code reviews, advocating for quality by design.
• Mentor team members in modern testing practices, helping engineers adopt unit/integration testing and contributing to a shift-left culture.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and shared ownership of product quality.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in software QA, with a strong emphasis on manual testing, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
• Experience with modern test automation frameworks (e.g., Cypress or similar).
• Experience using AI‑assisted development or testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude Code).
• Strong foundation in manual and exploratory testing, with hands‑on experience contributing to automated tests (UI, API, or integration).
• Working knowledge of test automation concepts, including maintainability, regression strategy, and how automation complements manual testing.
• Extensive experience creating and executing manual test plans, test cases, and exploratory test charters.
• Strong understanding of defect management, root cause analysis, and quality reporting.
• Proven ability to translate business and technical requirements into effective test coverage.
• Experience working with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira).
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience participating in Agile ceremonies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams, make risk‑based decisions, and continuously learn and evolve skills, including automation.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cypress
• SDLC

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and incentive compensation
• Health and welfare benefits, including a gym reimbursement program
• 401(k) savings plan match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Living Donor Employee Recovery Policy