Software QA Analyst (Functional testing)

Location: Remote in AMER.

Job title: QA Analyst

About the job:

Testlio is a leading quality management company. Its unique approach combines humans and machines to help digital innovators assure quality products at scale. On 600K+ real devices. In 100+ languages. With 800+ payment methods. The company is 100% remote, with people in 150+ countries. It is female-founded; 46% of full-time people are women. Clients include Amazon, athenahealth, Match Group, Microsoft, the NBA, Netflix, PayPal, SAP, Uber, Wayfair, and many more. To learn more, visit www.testlio.com.

 Project Requirements and Summary

• Project Focus: You will be a Software Quality Assurance Analyst following Agile methodologies on this project; you will be focused on functional testing.
• Project duration: 1 year.
• Location: This is a fully remote role for anyone based in the Americas.
• Schedule: Part-time, 20 hours a week.
• Timezone: You must reside within a 3-hour timezone of CT for this role.
• Type of testing: Functional.
• Must-have devices: Mobile device (iOS or Android) and laptop (Windows or Mac).

What you need to succeed:

Technical Skills:

• Proven experience (2+ years) as a QA Analyst or similar role, with a strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and tools (such as JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail, Xray or similar.)
• Experience with mobile and web applications frontend and backend testing (including API testing).
• Proficiency in identifying and documenting software bugs and issues.
• Ability to solve technical tasks required during testing – such as test data generation, log capturing and basic analysis, working with browser developer tools, network logs analyzers, etc.
• Experience in working in agile teams in a remote environment – proven track record of communication and collaboration with different stakeholders such as Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and others.
• Good knowledge of SDLC, CI/CD, and DevOps, as well as an understanding of test automation principles in effective SDLC.
• Nice to have: Previous experience testing analytics implementation (setting up devices, test data generation, call analysis, log export, browser dev tools, and troubleshooting.)
  • Scripting or programming experience.
  • Experience working in a corporate environment.

Human Skills: 

• Passion, curiosity, and focused interest in the field of software testing.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written, as well as strong presentation and time management abilities
• Be a good team player, socially open-minded, empathetic, and considerate of cultural differences; able to provide constructive yet clear feedback.
• Comfortable with a frequently changing environment and ability to adapt quickly.
• Ability to create and document your work and processes, as well as provide reports.

What you will be doing: 

• Designing and executing smoke, scripted, and exploratory test cases on mobile, web, and desktop platforms.
• Conducting functional, localization, regression, or payments testing to ensure software applications meet quality standards. 
• Reporting and reproducing issues found during testing.
• Documenting and reporting test results, including bugs and potential risks.
• Analyzing test results, issues, logs, and other relevant data to identify patterns, trends, and potential areas for improvement.
• Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and other stakeholders, to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables.
• Clearly and proactively communicating test progress, issues, and risks to project stakeholders.
• Generating reports that provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Designing and executing API tests in tools like Postman, SoapUI, or similar.
• Assist in the execution of automated test suites, and proposing automation test candidates.
• Designing and optimizing appropriate test data.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the system(s) under test.
• Staying informed with industry trends and advancements in software testing methodologies and tools.

What is the Candidate consideration process?

We do our best to bring on individuals who will be excited about their role and have the potential for a great future with Testlio. Since we are 100% distributed, we give you the chance to meet with multiple people from our organization to give you an idea of who you would be working with, what your role expectations are, etc. Our interview process can take about 4 to 6 weeks to complete. 

• Application
• Recruiter interview 
• Multipart TestGorilla exercise
• Testing exercise & live technical interview
• Reference check
• ~ 3 Hiring Manager and stakeholder interviews
• Offer

Diversity and Inclusion

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded and 46% of our team identifies as women. See the DEI section of our website for more information.