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QA Engineer (Remote)

RemoteStar
Full-time
Remote
United Kingdom
QA Engineer

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. At RemoteStar we help both employers and employees to build a great remote-team culture, reduce overheads, and improve productivity.


About ClientΒ - 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 RoleΒ -Β RemoteΒ QA Engineer



As a QA Engineer you’ll be responsible for:

  • Establish QA foundations:Β design and implement a comprehensive QA strategy, including the development of testing frameworks and methodologies tailored to client's needs.
  • Automate testing processes:Β develop and maintain automated test scripts and methodologies to enhance our testing efficiency and coverage, reducing reliance on manual testing.
  • Improve product robustness:Β identify, document, and track defects, ensuring they are resolved before product releases. Ensure key features, especially integrations (eg. Jira, Slack), are thoroughly tested.
  • Monitor and report:Β 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:Β 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:Β raise the quality bar within the team, fostering a proactive approach to bug identification and resolution.
  • Drive documentation:Β document testing processes, procedures, and best practices for future reference and team training.

What do we value:

● Experience:Β +3 years of experience in QA engineering, working with scaleups, being exposed to a growing number of users.Β 

● Technical:Β 

  • Proficiency in writing automated test scripts using tools such as Selenium, Cypress.
  • Experience with manual testing, including exploratory testing and regression testing.Β 
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies (manual, exploratory, automation).Β 
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into the build process.Β 
  • Understanding of web technologies and cloud platforms (preferably GCP).Β 
  • Knowledge of API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger.Β 

● Problem-Solving:Β strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.Β 

● Communication:Β excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a remote first environment.Β 

Β  Β  Β  ● Self-Starter:Β highly motivated, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity in entrepreneurial environments, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.Β 

Β  Β  Β   ● Agility:Β ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and adapt to changing priorities.Β 



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.Β 
  • Ability to solve problems with a team that deeply cares about velocity and making an impact.Β 
  • Remote first working environment.