Quality Assurance Analyst

About the role

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work 1 day per week, with an initial duration of 9 months.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans to ensure all objectives are met.
• Implement and monitor test scripts to assess functionality, reliability, performance, and quality of the service or product.
• Identify and remedy defects within the production process.
• Recommend, implement, and monitor preventative and corrective actions to ensure quality assurance standards are achieved.
• Compile and analyze statistical data.
• Ensure user expectations are met during the testing process.
• Draft quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Investigate customer complaints and product issues.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with quality and industry regulatory requirements.
• Translate high-level business and functional requirements into detailed, efficient, and comprehensive test cases.
• Perform both predefined test cases and unscripted exploratory testing.
• Use test management tools (e.g., Zephyr Scale, GitLab) for logging bugs and tracking test progress.
• Analyze test requirements and profile existing production data.
• Design realistic performance test scenarios, including scripting user journeys, parameterizing data, and creating load models.
• Attend meetings and training as required; perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong foundational knowledge of manual testing principles, including test case design, types of testing (functional, regression, API, performance), and defect management.
• Technical skill to write, run, and maintain automated test scripts (Playwright, TypeScript, Java, k6, MCP, AI-assisted testing, and others).
• Proficiency in using developer tools, reading error logs, and tracing the source of an issue (Google DevTools, application logs, HTTP requests/responses, stack traces, heap dumps, etc.).
• Knowledge of industry-wide quality assurance measures, testing standards, and current best practices.
• Ability to identify potential quality risks, assess their impact and likelihood, and formulate effective mitigation strategies.
• Proactive in identifying potential issues early in the development lifecycle.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Competency with various database systems, including relational databases and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with specialized test data management and data governance platforms.
• Deep understanding of core testing principles, including test case design techniques (boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning), defect lifecycles, and integration of testing into various methodologies.
• Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• Experience in quality inspection, auditing, and testing.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of QA databases and applications.