QA Analyst

Remote (EST Hours) • 4-month contract (potential extension) • Start date: ASAP

About the role

Our client is seeking an experienced QA Analyst to perform a 50/50 mix of manual and automated testing across data-heavy web, desktop, and mobile applications. This role requires someone with strong traditional QA fundamentals who is also a genuinely strong Python programmer. The ideal candidate can independently write and debug Python automation scripts from scratch, perform front-end and back-end/data validation, and own the testing lifecycle from understanding requirements through test-case development, execution, automation, and defect documentation.

Responsibilities

• Perform approximately 50% manual and 50% automated testing across enterprise applications.
• Review Jira stories and requirements and translate them into comprehensive test plans, test cases, scenarios, and use cases.
• Independently develop automated test scripts from scratch using Python.
• Debug Python automation code and troubleshoot failed automated tests.
• Determine when application functionality should be tested manually versus automated.
• Perform data-heavy testing to validate data flows throughout applications and underlying databases.
• Validate front-end application behavior against back-end data and business logic.
• Perform UI, data, functional, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing.
• Test new features, application enhancements, and defect fixes.
• Identify defects and document clear reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, and supporting evidence.
• Use SQL/database tools to investigate application behavior and validate data.
• Manage test cases and test runs using BrowserStack or similar test management platforms.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups and sprint activities.
• Work within Jira and Confluence to manage requirements, defects, documentation, and testing activities.
• Support CI/CD improvements as the team moves toward more frequent application releases.
• Adapt quickly as testing priorities and project demands shift.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional Quality Assurance experience.
• Strong experience across both manual and automated testing, ideally close to a 50/50 split.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Ability to independently write Python automation scripts from scratch.
• Ability to read, understand, troubleshoot, and debug existing Python code without relying on generated code.
• Experience developing automated tests for production applications.
• Strong manual testing fundamentals, including test cases, test plans, test scenarios, use cases, and defect documentation.
• Experience testing both front-end and back-end application functionality.
• Strong data and database testing experience, including validating data flows and application data.
• SQL and/or PostgreSQL experience for back-end data validation.
• UI automation testing experience.
• Experience with automation frameworks/tools such as pytest, Selenium, Playwright, or similar technologies.
• Experience with test management platforms such as BrowserStack, TestRail, Zephyr, or similar.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or comparable Agile development tools.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Comfortable working independently and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (this position is not eligible for sponsorship).

Preferred Qualifications

• JavaScript experience.
• API testing experience.
• Performance testing experience.
• Understanding of unit testing and how unit tests are developed and incorporated into the development lifecycle.
• CI/CD experience.
• Healthcare technology experience.
• Experience working within another highly regulated industry.
• Epic or EHR application exposure.
• Experience testing healthcare data such as EMR, EHR, or claims data.

Pay

$55/hr – $58/hr

Benefits

• Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K