Job Description
Apply now: QA Analyst, location is Remote. The start date is ASAP for this 4-month contract position.
Job Title: QA Analyst
Location-Type: Remote (EST Hours)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: 4-Month Contract (Potential Extension)
Compensation Range: $55/hr - $58/hr
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship Job Description: Our client is seeking an experienced QA Analyst to perform a 50/50 mix of manual and automated testing across data-heavy web, desktop, and mobile applications. This role requires someone with strong traditional QA fundamentals who is also a genuinely strong Python programmer. The ideal candidate can independently write and debug Python automation scripts from scratch, perform front-end and back-end/data validation, and own the testing lifecycle from understanding requirements through test-case development, execution, automation, and defect documentation.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities: - Perform approximately 50% manual and 50% automated testing across enterprise applications.
- Review Jira stories and requirements and translate them into comprehensive test plans, test cases, scenarios, and use cases.
- Independently develop automated test scripts from scratch using Python.
- Debug Python automation code and troubleshoot failed automated tests.
- Determine when application functionality should be tested manually versus automated.
- Perform data-heavy testing to validate data flows throughout applications and underlying databases.
- Validate front-end application behavior against back-end data and business logic.
- Perform UI, data, functional, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing.
- Test new features, application enhancements, and defect fixes.
- Identify defects and document clear reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, and supporting evidence.
- Use SQL/database tools to investigate application behavior and validate data.
- Manage test cases and test runs using BrowserStack or similar test management platforms.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups and sprint activities.
- Work within Jira and Confluence to manage requirements, defects, documentation, and testing activities.
- Support CI/CD improvements as the team moves toward more frequent application releases.
- Adapt quickly as testing priorities and project demands shift.
Minimum Requirements: - 5 years of professional Quality Assurance experience.
- Strong experience across both manual and automated testing, ideally close to a 50/50 split.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Ability to independently write Python automation scripts from scratch.
- Ability to read, understand, troubleshoot, and debug existing Python code without relying on generated code.
- Experience developing automated tests for production applications.
- Strong manual testing fundamentals, including test cases, test plans, test scenarios, use cases, and defect documentation.
- Experience testing both front-end and back-end application functionality.
- Strong data and database testing experience, including validating data flows and application data.
- SQL and/or PostgreSQL experience for back-end data validation.
- UI automation testing experience.
- Experience with automation frameworks/tools such as pytest, Selenium, Playwright, or similar technologies.
- Experience with test management platforms such as BrowserStack, TestRail, Zephyr, or similar.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, or comparable Agile development tools.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Comfortable working independently and adapting to shifting priorities.
Preferred Qualifications: - JavaScript experience.
- API testing experience.
- Performance testing experience.
- Understanding of unit testing and how unit tests are developed and incorporated into the development lifecycle.
- CI/CD experience.
- Healthcare technology experience.
- Experience working within another highly regulated industry.
- Epic or EHR application exposure.
- Experience testing healthcare data such as EMR, EHR, or claims data.
Job Tags
Contract work, Immediate start, Remote work, Shift work