Ssr. Manual QA Engineer

🤝 What about your team?

Join Our Growing Team: As Finalis continues its rapid expansion, we're seeking a Semi-Senior Software Quality Assurance professional to help strengthen our dynamic QA Team. You'll work closely with developers, product managers, and designers to ensure our software solutions consistently meet and exceed quality standards.

Your Role: As a Semi-Senior QA, you will leverage your established QA experience to refine testing strategies, implement best practices, and guide junior team members. You will play a key role in ensuring that our products maintain exceptional levels of reliability, functionality, and user satisfaction.

What We’re Looking For: We’re looking for candidates with a strong QA background, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset. If you have several years of experience in quality assurance, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are eager to raise the bar on software quality, we’d love to hear from you.

✨ What will you be doing?

Requirements Analysis & Alignment:

• Analyze, interpret, and validate business and end-user requirements.

• Ensure end-to-end traceability between requirements and test cases.

• Anticipate quality risks and propose early mitigation strategies.

Test Strategy & Execution:

• Design, plan, and execute functional, integration, regression, compatibility, usability, and non-functional tests (including backend and, if possible, performance tests) across web, mobile, and integration platforms.

• Create, document, and maintain test cases, test data, and supporting documentation.

• Participate in test planning and estimation, prioritizing test efforts based on system criticality and business needs.

Backend Testing:

• Perform comprehensive backend testing on RESTful and GraphQL APIs using tools like Postman to validate endpoint responses, data integrity, authentication, and overall functionality.

• Collaborate closely with the development team to identify areas of improvement, ensure services meet performance and reliability benchmarks, and maintain scalability across all backend components.

Defect Management & Test Lifecycle:

• Identify, reproduce, and thoroughly document defects.

• Collaborate closely with the development team to ensure timely defect resolution and re-testing.

• Use tools like Jira to manage test cases, defects, and track test progress.

Methodologies, Tools & Continuous Improvement:

• Apply and adapt testing methodologies as needed.

• Leverage QA tools (Jira, Figma) and advanced platforms (e.g., Zebrunner) for enhanced reporting and test visibility.

• Explore and implement performance testing strategies to improve test efficiency and product reliability.

• Define and collect QA metrics to measure process effectiveness and product quality.

• Continuously identify opportunities for process optimization, methodology enhancements, and tool improvements.

Collaboration, Communication & Leadership:

• Maintain clear, ongoing communication with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment on objectives and requirements.

• Provide regular and concise test reports, including quality status and risk assessments.

• Offer guidance and mentorship to junior QA team members, promoting best practices and a quality-focused culture within the team.

The Ssr. Manual QA Engineer reports to the QA Lead.

💬 Who are we looking for?

• 3-4 years of professional QA experience, with a proven track record in test planning, execution, and optimization.

• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and industry best practices.

• Experience working with QA tools (e.g., Jira, Figma) and familiarity with test automation/reporting platforms (Zebrunner preferred).

• Strong experience in backend/API testing, including RESTful and GraphQL endpoints, using tools like Postman.

• Proficiency in validating queries, mutations, and schemas within GraphQL environments.

• Comfortable with SQL for database validations and performing backend data checks.

• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines to support seamless integration and deployment processes.

• Performance testing experience (e.g., using JMeter or Locust) is a strong plus.

• Advanced written and spoken English, with the ability to clearly articulate complex issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Excellent collaboration skills, enabling seamless interaction with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and designers.

• Strong organizational abilities and a keen eye for detail.

• Adaptability to shifting priorities and a fast-paced environment.

• Proactive, self-driven, and committed to continuous improvement.

• Team-oriented and eager to mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of quality and shared learning.

🌟 What do we offer?

• 100% Remote work (Work from wherever you want!)

• Competitive USD salary 

• High-Speed Internet expenses allowance

• Generous Paid time-off (Vacation Time!)

• Additional 17 Flex Days (to use in national holidays or personal matters)

• Professional Growth Benefits in our E-Learning Platform (Coursera) (take your skills to the next level!) 🚀

• People Team Partner (to target your roadblocks and customize an action plan for your career path)

• Buddy Program

• Virtual After-Office Activities 

• Diverse Culture & Inclusive environment