Senior Manual QA Engineer
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Role in brief
Talentgrator is seeking a Senior Manual QA Engineer to analyze requirements, define testing approaches, and ensure product stability. This remote role involves comprehensive manual testing and defect management, suitable for experienced QA professionals with strong analytical and API testing skills.
About the role
This Senior Manual QA Engineer role focuses on ensuring the quality and stability of new features. You will be responsible for analyzing business and technical requirements, then defining the appropriate testing approach and scope based on product risks and business priorities. The work involves performing various types of manual testing, including functional, integration, exploratory, and release validation, with an emphasis on end-to-end scenarios.
A key part of this position is the design, maintenance, and improvement of test documentation, such as test cases, test plans, and checklists. You will investigate issues using API, UI, and debugging tools, then identify, document, and track defects throughout their lifecycle. Collaboration with developers to pinpoint root causes of defects is also a core responsibility.
Success in this role means actively participating in release activities to guarantee product stability and contributing to the continuous improvement of QA processes, testing practices, and documentation standards. The ideal candidate will have an ownership mindset, strong analytical skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Skills that matter here
- QA: This role requires 3+ years of experience in QA, applying strong test design techniques and a solid understanding of SDLC and defect management.
- API testing: You will use tools like Postman or Swagger for manual API testing and validate data flows between services.
- SQL: Experience with SQL is necessary to validate transactional data within the systems.
- Agile: The role operates within an Agile methodology, requiring familiarity with its principles and practices.
- Jira: You will use Jira for identifying, documenting, and tracking defects throughout their lifecycle.
- TestRail: Familiarity with TestRail (or similar tools like Zephyr/Xray) is needed for managing test cases and plans.
Who this role suits
- A person who thrives on analyzing complex business and technical requirements to shape testing strategies.
- Someone who is meticulous about documentation, from test cases to defect tracking, and enjoys improving these processes.
- An individual who is proactive in investigating issues using various tools and collaborating with developers to resolve them.
- A professional who takes ownership of their work and can prioritize effectively in a dynamic, remote setting.
From the employer
- Analyze business and technical requirements for new features.
- Define the testing approach and scope based on product risks and business priorities.
- Perform manual functional, integration, exploratory, and release testing.
- Validate releases, including end-to-end scenarios.
- Design, maintain, and improve test documentation (test cases, test plans, checklists).
- Investigate issues using API, UI, and debugging tools.
- Identify, document, and track defects throughout their lifecycle.
- Analyze defects and collaborate with developers to identify root causes.
- Participate in release activities and ensure product stability.
- Contribute to continuous improvements of QA processes, testing practices, and documentation standards.
Technical Skills:
- 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer.
- Strong knowledge of test design techniques.
- Solid understanding of SDLC and defect management.
- Experience with functional, integration, regression, smoke, acceptance, and exploratory testing.
- Experience writing test cases, checklists, and test plans.
- Experience analyzing business and technical requirements.
- Hands-on experience with manual API testing (Postman, Swagger or similar).
- Understanding of event-driven systems (Kafka/message queues) and API contract testing.
- Experience validating data flows between services.
- Experience working with SQL to validate transactional data.
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, TestRail/Zephyr/Xray.
- Familiarity with Kibana, Grafana or ELK.
- Understanding of Agile methodologies.
Soft Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ownership mindset and ability to work independently.
- Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication skills.
- 28 vacation days yearly.
- Flexible start to the workday.
- Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist.
- Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events.
- Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities.
- Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support.
Questions about this role
What is the remote work policy for this role?
This position is fully remote, allowing you to work from any location.
What level of experience is required for this position?
This is a senior-level role, requiring at least 3 years of experience as a QA Engineer.
What tools will I be using in this role?
You will be using tools such as Jira, Confluence, TestRail (or Zephyr/Xray), Postman/Swagger for API testing, and potentially Kibana, Grafana, or ELK for investigation.
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