Senior Manual QA Engineer
Description
Company Overview:
Global Technology Services is a rapidly expanding organization situated in Medellín, Colombia. We pride ourselves on possessing one of the most influential networks within software development and IT services for the entertainment, financial, and logistics sectors. Our corporate projections offer many opportunities for professionals to elevate their careers and experience substantial growth. Joining our team means engaging with expansive engineering teams across Latin America and the United States, contributing to cutting-edge developments in multiple industries.
We’re looking for a QA Engineer to validate web applications, APIs, and integrated services within a large scale AWS modernization program. This role focuses on functional quality, regression coverage, and clear defect reporting across application workflows.
Position Title: QA Engineer
Category: QA & Testing
Seniority: Senior
Location: Colombia and Mexico
What you will be doing:
You will review requirements and acceptance criteria, prepare test scenarios, and execute functional, exploratory, regression, API, and integration tests. You will verify user workflows and data behavior across frontend applications and backend services.
You will document reproducible defects, work with developers to investigate issues, and verify fixes. You will contribute to automated test coverage and communicate test results and release risks to the delivery team.
Required Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Practical experience in software quality assurance for web applications.
Ability to design test cases from requirements and acceptance criteria, including negative scenarios.
Experience with API and integration testing, including HTTP methods, status codes, and JSON payloads.
Working SQL knowledge for validating application data and investigating discrepancies.
Familiarity with test automation concepts and the ability to contribute to existing automated tests.
Experience documenting defects, managing regression coverage, and working in Agile teams.
Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
Nice to Have Skills
Experience testing AWS applications, microservices, or asynchronous event workflows.
Experience writing automated tests with JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD, CloudWatch, or authentication and authorization testing.
Soft Skills
Attention to detail and ability to identify gaps in requirements and test coverage.
Clear communication of defects, test evidence, and release risks.
Collaborative problem solving with developers and other QA engineers.