Senior Manual QA Engineer

About Our Client

This organization operates in the life sciences software industry, focusing on simplifying complex clinical development processes. It provides a unified platform that consolidates data and teams to enable researchers to design more efficient clinical trials and accelerate milestone achievements.

About the Opportunity

The Senior Manual QA Engineer is a key individual contributor responsible for maintaining the reliability and integrity of systems within the organization's ecosystem. This role advocates for quality with a detailed, methodical approach to clinical data testing, influencing continuous integration processes and mentoring team members to ensure a robust manual testing foundation.

Responsibilities

• Test Strategy and Execution: Develop detailed, risk-based test plans and manual test cases for a complex SaaS platform by analyzing user requirements and design documents. Lead execution of functional, regression, and integration testing, document defects accurately, and provide comprehensive test summaries.
• Data Validation: Use SQL queries to analyze, manipulate, and validate test data to ensure database and backend integrity.
• System Assessment: Assess the impact of software changes on platform performance, scalability, and reliability. Monitor and triage issues throughout the software development lifecycle and address high-priority bugs.
• Team Mentorship and Collaboration: Mentor QA Engineers to enhance team efficiency and testing depth. Coordinate information flow and maintain communication with Developers, Product Owners, and DevOps.
• Quality Innovation: Innovate and improve QA methodologies while ensuring adherence to development standards.

Requirements

• Professional Experience: 8–10\+ years of Quality Assurance experience, preferably in fast-paced startup environments, with experience scaling production systems.
• Modern Tool Utilization: Proficient in leveraging Generative AI and LLM tools to support manual testing, including synthesizing product requirements and optimizing test coverage.
• Platform Expertise: Extensive experience testing cloud-native (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Familiarity with "shift-left" testing and transitioning towards automation-integrated workflows.
• Technical Capabilities: Expert-level SQL skills for data validation and backend integrity testing. Strong knowledge of black-box, white-box, non-functional, performance, accessibility, and security testing.
• Tool Familiarity: Experience with Quality and Test Management tools such as Jira and QASE.
• Core Competencies: Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities and capacity to perform root cause analysis. Excellent communication skills to translate technical issues into business impact and collaborate across teams.
• Operational Attributes: Adaptable self-starter capable of working across time zones and fostering a quality-focused culture. Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and mitigate risks effectively.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation

• Annual Salary: Salary range for this position is $119,000 to $141,000 per year. Individual pay is determined by work location, skills, experience, and education.
• Equity: Equity constitutes a significant portion of total compensation, with specific amounts communicated at the time of offer.

Benefits and Perks

• Health and Protection: Health Care Plan covering Medical, Dental, and Vision, along with Basic Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability.
• Future Planning: Retirement Plan (401k) and a dedicated Stock Option Plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including flexible vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
• Workspace Flexibility: Options for Remote or Hybrid work arrangements, plus office amenities such as gym access and tenant discounts for local sites.
• Growth and Culture: Training and Development Reimbursement, a peer-to-peer bonus program, and organized company and department events.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.

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