Senior Manual QA Engineer
Description
Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive test plans and test cases based on product requirements, technical specifications, and user scenarios.
- Execute manual tests, including functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Perform detailed backend testing to verify data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across SQL Server and MongoDB databases.
- Utilize API testing tools such as Postman and Swagger for manual verification of request-response behaviors, API integration, and error handling.
- Document detailed bug reports and test outcomes, tracking issues to resolution using defect tracking systems such as JIRA.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including developers, product teams, and UI/UX designers to identify and address product issues.
- Maintain detailed testing documentation including test scenarios, test cases, defect logs, and testing results.
- Conduct exploratory testing to uncover issues that may not be covered by scripted testing.
- Advocate for quality assurance best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a QA Manual Tester, ideally within Agile/Scrum environments.
- Proficiency in backend validation and manual database testing using SQL Server
- Strong understanding of API testing, including manual validation using Postman or Swagger.
- Experience writing and executing detailed test cases and plans.
- Proficient in identifying, documenting, and tracking software defects using tools like JIRA.
- Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with the ability to clearly document and communicate testing outcomes and issues.
- Familiarity with software development processes and testing best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Basic familiarity with log analysis tools like Datadog, Kibana, or Sentry.
- Exposure to testing within CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with MongoDB.
- Understanding of basic scripting or test automation principles (preferred but not required).
Why Join Us?
- Impactful Work: Ensure the quality and reliability of cutting-edge SaaS applications used by businesses worldwide.
- Career Growth: Enhance your technical skills, contribute to challenging projects, and grow within a collaborative and innovative team.
- Flexibility: Enjoy hybrid work arrangements.
- Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with the latest tools, frameworks, and methodologies in testing and software development.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Receive competitive compensation and career development opportunities.
Compensation
For roles with compensation ranges:
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the monthly base salary range for this position is 21,550 - 32,325 RON (Gross) per month, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. If you are hired at Payscale, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider any internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).
About Payscale
As the industry leader in compensation management, Payscale is on a mission to help job seekers, employees, and businesses get pay right and to make sustainable fair pay a reality. Empowering more than 65% of the Fortune 500, Payscale provides a combination of diverse and dynamic data sources, experienced compensation services, and scalable software to enable organizations such as Angel City Football Club, Panasonic, Mars Global, eBay, American Airlines and PetSmart to make fair and appropriate pay decisions.
Location
Payscale Romania has an employee centric hybrid model that provides you the flexibility to do your best work in a space that supports you, while also finding time to collaborate in person in our office for the moments that matter.
In our hybrid model, employees can work from the location that works best for them when not in the office.
In our hybrid model, employees can work from the location that works best for them when not in the office.
When you work from home, we recommend ensuring that you can meet the following technology, equipment and workspace requirements:
- High-Speed Internet - A stable broadband or fiber connection (satellite is highly discouraged) with a minimum speed of 100 Mbps in a dedicated workspace that has a reliable Wi-Fi signal.
- Device for Multifactor Authentication (MFA/2FA) - smartphone, tablet, etc.
When it matters (usually no more than a few times a year) we take the time to gather in larger groups for in-person events. Payscale has employees across the US, Canada, UK, and Romania however we are currently unable to hire in the Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, and Hawaii.
Benefits and Perks
All around awesome culture where together we strive to live our 5 values:
- Respect every individual, work as a team
- Be Customer first, customer centric
- Have a Bias towards action
- Commit to excellence (we give our best everyday)
- Make Data driven decisions
An open and inclusive environment where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:
- Monthly company All Hands meetings
- Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure through things like AMAs
- Access to continued learning & development opportunities
- Our commitment to a continuous feedback culture which allows us to drive performance and career growth
- A growing network of Employee Resource Groups
- Company sponsored volunteer hours
- And more!
Our more standard benefits
- 15 paid Romania public holidays + 2 additional Payscale holidays (Global Mental Health Day & US Independence Day)
- 25 paid days of additional leave
- Supplemental medical covered by Payscale for employees
- Employees can add supplemental for family/spouse/dependents at their own expense
- Additional days of per RO Labor Code that are not included in holidays & additional leave days
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.
We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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