QA Analyst
Description
Our platform serves school districts and educational organizations with teacher evaluation and compliance management software. This role is a fit for someone with some experience in quality assurance and a strong foundation in QA principles and methodologies, or someone willing to develop one. From that foundation, the right person will investigate, use, and champion meaningful steps forward in our QA process by leveraging AI tools and emerging testing technologies. We’re looking for someone who can do the work today — designing tests, reviewing requirements, running exploratory testing, building automation — while actively shaping what the work looks like tomorrow.
The right person is a curious, methodical thinker who asks “what if” and “what happens when” naturally. Someone who invests time in understanding a problem before proposing solutions. Someone who can challenge assumptions — both their own and others’ — without being adversarial. Creative in test design — able to think through scenarios that aren’t in the requirements, anticipate how real users will break things, and find the gaps between what was specified and what was built. A clear communicator who can explain the testing approach to people with varying technical backgrounds in a constructive, informative tone.
Hybrid Work Policy: The candidate is required to come into the Cranberry Township, PA office 2 days per week.
Please note: We are not considering candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position. This is a budgetary decision and due to the significant talent available currently who do not require such sponsorship
Responsibilities
- Participate in requirements and wireframes review. Flag ambiguous requirements, missing negative cases, and other common testability issues before development begins.
- Design test plans, test cases, and test scenarios from requirements and user stories. Direct AI tools to generate comprehensive test coverage, then review and refine AI output for blind spots, missing edge cases, and gaps that incomplete documentation creates.
- Apply systematic test design techniques to break features down into scenarios, identify important variables, and prioritize testing effort based on risk — considering both the likelihood and impact of potential failures.
- Perform manual regression, functional, and exploratory testing as necessary.
- Build and maintain an automated regression suite using scripting tools with AI assistance for script generation and maintenance. Manage the ongoing run-fix-rerun cycle as the UI evolves, including triaging automation results.
- Support and guide manual testers by providing clear test plans, test data, and context for execution.
- Identify, log, and track defects. Analyze issues to determine root causes and provide detailed reports to the development team.
- Evaluate emerging AI-powered QA tools and methodologies, including behavior-driven test generation and visual AI testing, for applicability to our environment.
- Communicate effectively with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience in software quality assurance or testing. This could include internships, contract work, or a role where testing was part of broader responsibilities.
- Understanding of QA methodologies and how testing fits within the software development lifecycle. ASQ Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) or ISTQB Foundation Level certification preferred; a willingness to pursue certification is sufficient.
- Comfortable being taught new technologies and eager to figure out how they work, not just how to use them. Specific tools and platforms can be learned on the job.
- Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI tools as part of your workflow, including evaluating whether their output is good.
- Experience designing test cases, performing exploratory testing, and reviewing requirements for testability.
- Some experience writing or maintaining automated test scripts. Python experience is a plus.
- Clear written communication. You’ll write test plans, document defects, and collaborate with people across varying technical backgrounds.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.