Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer – Manual & Automation Testing | SaaS | Remote

Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours | Flexibility Required for Releases & Sprints
About the Role

At Pavago , one of our clients is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Tester) to ensure software products are thoroughly tested, reliable, and production-ready before release.

This is a hands-on QA role combining manual testing, test automation, API testing, defect management, regression testing, and release validation . You’ll serve as a critical quality gate throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), identifying bugs, validating fixes, testing edge cases, and helping prevent issues from reaching production.

You’ll collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams throughout development rather than testing only at the end of the release cycle.

If you naturally look for what could break, think through edge cases others might miss, and care deeply about delivering reliable software, this role is a strong fit.
What You’ll Own
Test Planning & Coverage

- Create and maintain:

- Test plans

- Test cases

- Test scenarios

- Acceptance criteria

- Define appropriate test coverage across:

- New features

- Integrations

- Regression flows

- Critical user journeys

- Review requirements and identify potential gaps or risks before development is completed

- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure requirements are clear and testable

- Identify edge cases and potential failure scenarios early in the development process

Manual Testing – Core Responsibility

- Execute:

- Functional testing

- Regression testing

- Integration testing

- UI/UX validation

- Cross-browser testing

- Cross-device testing

- Identify bugs, inconsistencies, and edge cases before release

- Log and manage defects using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms

- Provide developers with clear:

- Reproduction steps

- Expected vs. actual behavior

- Screenshots or recordings

- Environment details

- Retest fixes and validate resolved defects

- Perform regression testing across impacted functionality

- Ensure critical workflows remain stable following changes

Automation Testing

- Build, maintain, and improve automated test scripts using:

- Selenium

- Cypress

- Playwright

- Automate repetitive and high-value regression scenarios

- Improve automation coverage where it provides meaningful value

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows using:

- GitHub Actions

- Jenkins

- GitLab CI

- Investigate failed automated tests

- Distinguish product defects from test-script or environment issues

- Maintain reliable and useful automated test suites

API & Performance Testing

- Test APIs and backend functionality using Postman or similar tools

- Validate:

- API responses

- Status codes

- Data integrity

- Error handling

- Integration behavior

- Conduct performance, load, and stress testing using tools such as:

- Apache JMeter

- Locust

- Identify performance bottlenecks and reliability concerns

- Support security and vulnerability testing where required

Defect Tracking & Release Validation

- Track bugs from initial discovery through resolution

- Prioritize issues based on:

- Severity

- User impact

- Business impact

- Release risk

- Validate builds before production deployment

- Conduct regression and release-readiness testing

- Retest fixes before approving issues as resolved

- Clearly communicate critical defects and potential release risks

- Help stakeholders make informed release decisions based on product quality

Documentation & Quality Reporting

- Maintain organized documentation for:

- Test plans

- Test cases

- Test results

- Defects

- Regression suites

- Track quality metrics including:

- Defect density

- Test coverage

- Pass/fail rates

- Production defects

- Provide stakeholders with clear visibility into product quality

- Maintain accurate records of t