Software Test Engineer

Ace IT Careers is recruiting for a Software Test Engineer opportunity supporting the testing of web applications, APIs, databases, and integrated business systems. The role involves working closely with product owners, developers, and QA professionals to ensure effective test coverage and communicate technical findings.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements, user stories, workflows, and acceptance criteria
• Design detailed test scenarios, test cases, test data, and execution plans
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and exploratory testing
• Validate REST APIs using Postman or a comparable testing tool
• Execute SQL queries to verify database records and application transactions
• Document defects with reproduction steps, logs, screenshots, and supporting evidence
• Participate in defect triage, sprint reviews, daily stand-ups, and release discussions
• Work with developers to investigate application, API, database, and environment issues
• Track test execution, defect status, coverage, and release-readiness risks
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and documentation

Requirements:

• One to three years of software testing, quality assurance, or related project experience
• Working understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Scrum, and defect-management practices
• Experience creating and executing functional and regression test cases
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM, or a similar test-management platform
• Exposure to Postman, REST APIs, JSON, HTTP methods, and response validation
• Basic to intermediate SQL knowledge
• Ability to investigate issues using logs, browser tools, API responses, or database records
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder-communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a distributed or remote team
• Exposure to Selenium, Java, Jenkins, Git, mobile testing, healthcare, banking, insurance, retail, or telecommunications systems is beneficial but not mandatory