Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Vistage Worldwide is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize business leaders. They are seeking a detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join their remote QA team, focusing on designing test documentation, executing test plans, and collaborating with development teams to ensure software reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Test Artifact Creation: Design, develop, and maintain detailed test plans, comprehensive test cases, and in-depth use cases that fully cover functional, regression, and integration requirements
• Requirement Analysis: Collaborate with Product Owners and developers to understand user stories and technical designs, ensuring all testing captures the intended functionality and business impact
• Documentation Maintenance: Be responsible for ensuring all test documentation and quality assurance procedures are up-to-date and accurately reflect the current state of our software features
• Rigorous Testing: Execute complex manual, exploratory, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) across our applications in an Agile environment
• Ecosystem Validation: Focus on testing integrations between different systems (Salesforce, WordPress, proprietary tools) to identify cross-platform data flow and functional issues
• Defect Precision: Log, track, and manage software defects meticulously using JIRA/Xray, providing clear reproduction steps, environment details, and expected results
• Validation: Verify fixes and new deployments, ensuring that bugs are resolved and new features meet the required quality standards without introducing regressions
• Cross-Platform Testing: Execute testing across various browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox), mobile devices, and operating systems to guarantee a consistent user experience
• Data Integrity: Perform basic data validation by writing and executing SQL queries against our backend databases
• Remote Collaboration: Proactively communicate risks, issues, and test progress with the team and stakeholders, effectively navigating a remote and multi-timezone work environment

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3+ years of professional experience as a Software Quality Engineer or similar role
• Manual Testing Expert: Deep expertise and proven track record in designing and executing complex manual, exploratory, and end-to-end testing
• QA Tool Proficiency: Strong practical experience with JIRA and test management tools such as Xray (or equivalent for test case creation and tracking)
• Salesforce Experience: Direct testing experience on the Salesforce platform, including custom applications, configuration changes, and data integrity checks
• Web Technologies: Experience testing complex web applications, including an understanding of HTML, CSS, and basic browser debugging tools (DevTools)
• Data Validation: Ability to write and execute basic SQL queries for backend data verification and validation
• Remote Success: Proven ability to work effectively and autonomously in a fully remote environment, managing workload and delivering results with minimal supervision
• Experience with testing applications built on WordPress
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and testing tools like Postman
• Familiarity with foundational test automation concepts or frameworks
• Certification or specialized training in Agile/Scrum methodologies