Senior Manual QA Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of QA for your product team from start to finish: including test strategy, checklists, test cases, and more.

• Assess product quality using significant QA metrics and indicators (not superficial numbers).

• Communicate QA status, risks, and plans to your team and product stakeholders.

• Review feature requirements early to identify gaps, ambiguities, and risks prior to development.

• Lead releases as the accountable QA; track deployment outcomes in production.

• Identify defects and monitor them from discovery to resolution.

• Validate data directly within databases - you will engage with databases regularly in this role.

• Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, and business teams.

• Present product demonstrations to the Product Owner.

• Investigate and implement new QA methodologies and tools, including AI-assisted QA (agents, skills) to enhance routine tasks.

• Continuously refine the team's QA processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of QA experience with server-side/backend applications.

• Strong skills in test design and analysis, including risk-based prioritization, robust test-design techniques, and exploratory testing.

• Systematic approach and independence - demonstrated experience in enhancing and driving QA processes, comfortable within a mixed Scrum/non-Scrum environment.

• Extensive hands-on experience with microservice-based systems - understanding the pros and cons of microservice architecture is essential.

• Proficient in API testing - comfortable with Postman and REST APIs.

• Familiarity with CI/CD - able to comprehend and read pipelines (GitLab CI).

• Experience with bug tracking systems - Jira, with structured defect management and reporting.

• Strong troubleshooting skills - capable of pinpointing failures (frontend vs backend vs data vs infra).

• Proficient in logs/observability - able to investigate using ELK/Grafana.

• English proficiency at Upper-Intermediate (B2) level or higher; possesses good communication skills.

• Nice to have: Previous experience with ClickHouse.

• Experience in web UI testing and familiarity with design systems (component libraries).

• Familiarity with test automation tools - experience using automation tools such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or equivalent technologies.

• Knowledge of AI applications for QA productivity - utilizing agents/skills/LLM tools to automate and enhance routine tasks.

• Experience in the product or iGaming domain.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for full-time remote work and flexible working hours.

• Private insurance coverage.

• An additional day off per calendar year.

• Compensation for participation in sports programs.

• Comprehensive Mental Health Programme.

• Free online English lessons with a native speaker.

• Generous referral program.

• Access to training, internal workshops, and opportunities to participate in international professional conferences and corporate events.