Senior Manual QA Engineer at Talentgrator — Remote

• Analyze business and technical requirements for new features.
• Define the testing approach and scope based on product risks and business priorities.
• Perform manual functional, integration, exploratory, and release testing.
• Validate releases, including end-to-end scenarios.
• Design, maintain, and improve test documentation (test cases, test plans, checklists).
• Investigate issues using API, UI, and debugging tools.
• Identify, document, and track defects throughout their lifecycle.
• Analyze defects and collaborate with developers to identify root causes.
• Participate in release activities and ensure product stability.
• Contribute to continuous improvements of QA processes, testing practices, and documentation standards.

Requirements

Technical Skills:

• 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of test design techniques.
• Solid understanding of SDLC and defect management.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, smoke, acceptance, and exploratory testing.
• Experience writing test cases, checklists, and test plans.
• Experience analyzing business and technical requirements.
• Hands-on experience with manual API testing (Postman, Swagger or similar).
• Understanding of event-driven systems (Kafka/message queues) and API contract testing.
• Experience validating data flows between services.
• Experience working with SQL to validate transactional data.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, TestRail/Zephyr/Xray.
• Familiarity with Kibana, Grafana or ELK.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ownership mindset and ability to work independently.
• Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills.
• English level B2+

Benefits

• 28 vacation days yearly
• Flexible start to the workday
• Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist
• Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events
• Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities
• Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support