QA Engineer (Remote)

RemoteStar; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Remote working is the new norm. Do you want to avoid a daily commute, reduce stress, achieve work-life balance, spend more time with your family, be more creative, and improve productivity? At RemoteStar, we follow a remote-first work policy. If you're passionate about working from home or a nearby co-working space with leading start-ups and scale-ups, RemoteStar can be a great fit. We help both employers and employees build a great remote-team culture, reduce overheads, and improve productivity.

About Client: A UK-based Startup founded by a team of Google and Rocket Internet alumni is looking for a Backend Engineer to join their team to build and scale their collaborative product.

About Role: Remote QA Engineer

As a QA Engineer, you'll be responsible for:

• Establish QA foundations: design and implement a comprehensive QA strategy, including the development of testing frameworks and methodologies tailored to the client's needs.
• Automate testing processes: develop and maintain automated test scripts and methodologies to enhance our testing efficiency and coverage, reducing reliance on manual testing.
• Improve product robustness: identify, document, and track defects, ensuring they are resolved before product releases. Ensure key features, especially integrations (e.g., Jira, Slack), are thoroughly tested.
• Monitor and report: implement monitoring tools and processes to catch issues proactively, ensuring we are aware of integration failures and other critical issues before our users.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: work closely with developers, designers, founders, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, provide feedback, and ensure the highest quality in product releases.
• Champion a culture of quality: raise the quality bar within the team, fostering a proactive approach to bug identification and resolution.
• Drive documentation: document testing processes, procedures, and best practices for future reference and team training.

What do we value:

• Experience: +3 years of experience in QA engineering, working with scaleups, being exposed to a growing number of users.
• Technical:
  • Proficiency in writing automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Cypress.
  • Experience with manual testing, including exploratory testing and regression testing.
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies (manual, exploratory, automation).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into the build process.
  • Understanding of web technologies and cloud platforms (preferably GCP).
  • Knowledge of API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger.
• Problem-Solving: strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Communication: excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a remote first environment.
• Self-Starter: highly motivated, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity in entrepreneurial environments, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Agility: ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and adapt to changing priorities.

What will you get?

• A chance to be an early member in a startup focused on redefining cross-functional interactions, within the future of work.
• Ability to solve problems with a team that deeply cares about velocity and making an impact.
• Remote first working environment.