Quality Assurance Engineer
Quality Assurance Engineer (Manual + Automation | SaaS) – Remote
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours (flexibility for releases and 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, defect management, API testing, and close collaboration with engineering teams .
You’ll act as a critical quality gate throughout the software development lifecycle — identifying bugs, validating fixes, testing edge cases, and helping prevent issues from reaching production.
If you naturally look for what could break, think through edge cases, 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, and regression flows.
- Review requirements and identify potential gaps or risks before development is completed.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure requirements are testable and clearly understood.
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 perform regression testing on impacted functionality.
Automation Testing
- Build, maintain, and improve automated test scripts using tools such as:
- Selenium
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Automate repetitive and high-value regression scenarios.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows using:
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- Investigate failed automated tests and distinguish product defects from test-script issues.
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
- Support security and vulnerability testing where required.
Defect Tracking & Release Validation
- Track bugs from discovery through resolution.
- Prioritize issues based on severity, impact, and release risk.
- Validate builds before production deployment.
- Conduct regression and release-readiness testing.
- Clearly communicate critical defects and potential release risks to stakeholders.
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 and release readiness.
Engineering Collaboration
- Work closely with developers to reproduce and investigate defects.
- Participate in:
- Sprint planning
- Daily standups
- Retrospectives
- Release discussions
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams throughout the SDLC.
- Advocate for quality without unnecessarily slowing down delivery.
What Makes You a Strong Fit
You’ll likely succeed in this role if you:
- Naturally identify edge cases others overlook.
- Write clear, structured, and repeatable test cases.
- Are methodical without becoming a bottleneck.
- Can clearly explain technical issues to developers.
- Understand when automation adds value and when manual testing is more effective.
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