Role Description
Senior Manual Testing and Automation/QA
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Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts, frameworks, and tools to validate UI, API, and backend components of the system.
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Create and execute test plans and test cases to ensure thorough coverage of business requirements, user workflows, and edge cases.
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Build, curate, and manage test datasets across integrated systems (databases, microservices, and data platforms) to support automated, manual, and exploratory testing.
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Implement and execute UI test automation for Angular-based applications, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across supported browsers and devices.
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Implement and execute API and microservices tests, validating functionality, data integrity, error handling, and contract compliance.
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Collaborate with developers and data engineers to understand system architecture, data flows, and integration points, and reflect them in test strategies and scenarios.
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Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), ensuring tests run reliably as part of build and deployment workflows.
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Monitor test results, analyze failures, and work closely with development teams to triage, document, and resolve defects.
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Perform regression testing to ensure that new changes do not introduce defects into existing functionality.
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Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases, usability issues, and gaps not covered by scripted tests.
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Contribute to performance and reliability testing, helping identify bottlenecks in APIs, databases, and data pipelines.
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Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives), providing input on test scope and estimates.
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Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to clarify acceptance criteria and ensure test coverage aligns with user expectations.
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Promote and help enforce quality standards, including unit test coverage expectations, test automation targets, and defect prevention practices.
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Document test approaches, frameworks, and best practices.
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Proactively communicate testing status, risks, and issues to the team and recommend mitigations or improvements.
Qualifications
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3–5+ years of experience in software QA and test automation for web and API-based applications.
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Strong experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for Web UIs (Angular/TypeScript-based applications).
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Hands-on experience with at least one UI test automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) for end-to-end and regression tests.
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Experience designing and maintaining automated tests for systems that integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources, including data platforms such as Databricks.
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Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit (or similar).
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Strong understanding of REST Web Services, including validating request/response payloads (JSON/XML), status codes, and error handling.
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Experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test data to ensure comprehensive coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
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Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle 19) to validate data, build test datasets, and support backend testing.
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Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, participating in sprints, and collaborating closely with developers, product owners, and business analysts.
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Experience with Git-based workflows (GitLab preferred) for managing test code, reviewing changes, and collaborating via merge requests.
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Experience with CI/CD-driven testing, integrating automated tests into pipelines (e.g., GitLab Runner) for continuous integration and regression testing.
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Familiarity with Docker for running tests in containerized environments and validating containerized applications.
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Position requires the ability to work East Coast core hours of 9AM – 3PM ET.
Requirements
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Related Bachelor’s Degree.
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3+ years of related experience.
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US Citizenship Required: No.
Benefits
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Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
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Dental plan options.
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Vision plan.
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401(k) plan with company match.
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Full flex work weeks where possible.
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Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
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15 days of paid leave per calendar year for vacations, personal business, and illness.
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10 paid holidays per year.
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Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
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Short and long-term disability benefits.
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Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
