Senior QA Engineer (Webapp)

As a Senior QA Engineer at Mimica, you'll play a vital role in enhancing the quality assurance of our Web App. Your responsibilities will include performing manual testing, creating and maintaining automated test suites, developing test plans, reporting bugs, and collaborating with developers to ensure products are delivered reliably and efficiently.

To qualify for the Senior QA Engineer position at Mimica, you should have in-house experience in full-cycle testing for web projects, strong analytical skills, and hands-on knowledge of testing methodologies. Familiarity with JavaScript/Typescript and experience with automated testing frameworks like Cypress or Playwright will also be beneficial.

Yes, the Senior QA Engineer position at Mimica is fully remote! You can be based anywhere in the UK, Europe, or the Americas within a UTC-7 to UTC+3 timezone, allowing for a great work-life balance.

At Mimica, Senior QA Engineers primarily use modern testing frameworks such as Cypress and Playwright for automated testing, alongside other tools and methodologies to ensure thorough testing coverage and quality assurance across the Web App.

As a Senior QA Engineer at Mimica, you can expect a generous compensation package, including stock options, a flexible work schedule, a remote setup stipend, health and retirement benefits, ample paid time off, and an annual budget for learning and development.

When discussing your testing process, focus on how you plan, implement, and execute test cases. Discuss manual and automation testing, including how you prioritize tests based on user needs and collaborate with developers. Share specific examples of how your approach improved product quality.

Highlight your experience with automated testing frameworks like Cypress or Playwright. Discuss your strategy for creating automated tests, maintaining them, and how you integrate them into the development cycle to ensure reliability and efficiency in shipping code.

Share your understanding of CI/CD pipelines and how you've integrated testing into these workflows. Discuss specific tools or processes you've used to automate testing within CI/CD and the impact it had on deployment cycles.

Be prepared to outline a specific bug, its impact, and the troubleshooting steps you took. Discuss your collaborative approach with developers in resolving the issue and how your analytical skills contributed to finding a solution.

Emphasize your strategies for promoting open communication, whether through regular meetings, documentation, or feedback cycles. Explain how effective communication helps in aligning testing strategies with user needs and product goals.

Discuss the importance of manual testing in complementing automated tests. Explain scenarios where manual testing provides insights that automation cannot, and how you balance both to ensure comprehensive coverage.

Share your commitment to professional development, such as attending workshops, webinars, or reading industry publications. Highlight how you apply this knowledge to improve testing practices at Mimica.

Explain your approach to creating test documentation, including planning and maintaining detailed test cases, checklists, and reports. Discuss the importance of these documents in setting standards and ensuring testing consistency.

Talk about your methods for prioritizing testing tasks, such as based on risk assessment, impact on users, and timeline. Provide examples of how effective prioritization has led to successful releases.

Discuss your conflict resolution skills, emphasizing a collaborative and solution-oriented approach. Share experiences where you facilitated discussions that led to productive outcomes and maintained team harmony.