Associate Software QA Engineer

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

We’re seeking a driven, detail-oriented Associate Software QA Engineer to join a fast-paced product team. You’ll work closely with senior QA engineers and front-end/back-end engineers to ship high-quality releases you can stand behind. This role is a strong fit for someone who is curious, takes ownership of outcomes, and wants to grow into advanced testing and automation.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand requirements, customer impact, and risk areas
• Generate and execute detailed test plans based on analysis of requirements and observed system behavior
• Carry out manual/exploratory tests to uncover edge cases
• Contribute to automated regression tests and help keep test suites reliable and maintainable
• Participate in team code and QA reviews; raise quality, reliability, and usability concerns early
• Partner with Support and Engineering to troubleshoot, reproduce, and isolate issues across environments; follow through to resolution

What you will have

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or currently pursuing one
• Familiarity with software testing principles and types of testing (functional, regression, integration, exploratory)
• Ability to troubleshoot application and environment issues, isolate variables, and write clear, actionable defect reports
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; attention to detail and a habit of verifying assumptions
• Communication and teamwork abilities, including comfort sharing findings and asking questions when requirements are unclear
• Desire to learn and improve, with a bias toward taking initiative and delivering results
• A team of people who want to help you succeed

Nice to have

• Experience testing web applications (UI and APIs)
• Prior work with automated testing frameworks like Cypress, Playwright, Tavern, and similar
• Understanding of REST API concepts, HTTP fundamentals, and experience with tools like Postman or curl
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern developer workflows
• Examples of initiative (projects, labs, automation samples, or well-written bug reports/test plans)

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education, wellness, and lifestyle support