QA Engineer

Job Description

About the Company

We're looking for a detail-oriented QA engineer with deep API testing experience and a strong automation background to help ensure the quality and reliability of our software products. You'll work closely with developers, product managers, and designers to test features, catch issues before they reach users, and build out our automated testing infrastructure. This is a great fit for someone who takes pride in shipping high-quality software and enjoys digging into how things work (and why they break).

About the Role

Design, build, and maintain robust automated test suites to improve coverage and efficiency.

Responsibilities

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• Lead API testing efforts — designing and executing comprehensive tests for RESTful APIs
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• Design, write, and execute test plans and test cases for new and existing features
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• Validate API contracts, request/response payloads, status codes, error handling, and edge cases
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• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality feedback
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• Identify, document, and track bugs through resolution, working closely with developers
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• Conduct regression, integration, functional, and exploratory testing
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• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and define acceptance criteria
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• Participate in code reviews and release processes from a quality perspective
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• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and standards
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• Work within an Agile/Scrum environment, participating in sprint planning and retrospectives
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Qualifications

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• 3–5 years of experience in software quality assurance
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Required Skills

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• Extensive hands-on experience testing REST APIs, with strong command of tools like Postman, REST Assured, or similar
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• Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar)
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• Strong understanding of API testing concepts: authentication, status codes, payload validation, contract testing, and mocking/stubbing services
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• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (C#, Java, Python, or JavaScript)
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• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing types, and the software development lifecycle
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• Experience writing clear, comprehensive test plans and test cases
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• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps)
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• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a sharp attention to detail
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• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team
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Preferred Skills

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• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests
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• Familiarity with performance and load testing of APIs (JMeter, k6, Gatling)
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• Experience with contract testing tools (Pact)
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• Experience testing in cloud environments (Azure, AWS)
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• Knowledge of containerization (Docker)
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• ISTQB or similar QA certification
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