QA Engineer

Core Skills & Mindset

• 3–5 years of experience in software quality assurance.

• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills.

• Ability to craft test cases from specifications
  , not just from UI behavior.

• Comfortable reasoning about:

  • Data flows

  • State transitions

  • Business rules

  • Failure modes

• Confidence in debugging and issue analysis
  , including reading logs, inspecting responses, and isolating root causes.

• Clear communicator who can explain why something fails, not just that it fails.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.

• Comfortable working closely with:

  • Developers

  • Product managers

  • SDETs

• Able to give structured input to automation efforts without needing to write automation themselves.

• Values quality as a shared responsibility
  , not a final gate.

• Test Management: Test Rail

• Work Tracking: Azure Boards

• Testing Types: Functional, regression, exploratory, and integration testing

• Nice to Have:

  • API testing experience

  • Basic understanding of test automation concepts (Playwright, API automation, CI pipelines)

  • Experience with SaaS platforms, security products, or complex configuration-driven systems

• Hands-on mentality

• Passionate for success and execution at speed

• Team player

• Excellent stakeholder relationship skills

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Ability to hit the ground running
  , quickly absorb new subject areas and start delivering value

• Test cases clearly reflect product logic and system behavior.

• Defects are reported with precision, context, and actionable insight.

• SDETs receive high-quality scenario input that improves automation coverage.

• QA work is visible, respected, and integrated into the development process.

• Fewer surprises late in the release cycle.

• Work on a mission-critical cybersecurity platform.

• Be part of a QA culture that values thinking, reasoning, and engineering judgment.

• Collaborate with experienced developers and SDETs in a mature, evolving quality practice.

• Opportunity to grow toward Senior QA or SDET paths over time.