Seeking a Manual QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience to drive quality for key features, collaborate with teams, and enhance testing strategies.
We’re looking for a Manual QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience who loves consumer social software. As the latest member of the Quality Engineering team, you will own end-to-end testing of key Raya features and experiments. The ideal candidate brings a deep passion for quality and approaches testing with creativity and ownership. Working remotely from anywhere in the world, you’ll collaborate with our entire engineering organization to come up with testing strategies and plans, as well as monitoring app performance to ensure smooth delivery of new features and updates. You’ll have the ownership and accountability that comes with joining a fast-growing, well-funded startup.
A great candidate is excited to support the QA and Client Engineering team initiatives for Raya and Places, by Raya. Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance test coverage, generate test cases, analyze logs, or improve QA workflows is a plus. You are a diligent advocate for the consumer. Finally, you believe in Raya’s vision, which is to enrich lives by fostering relationships through quality, in-person interactions.
We offer comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, $50/day food delivery stipend, equity-based compensation, a great culture, learning opportunities, unlimited vacation, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and we pay all employees $1,000 a year to visit a country they’ve never been to because of our values of human connection, empathy, and curiosity. You can see more at the bottom of our careers page: https://rayatheapp.com/careers
Responsibilities
- Participate in an agile development environment, including daily standups
- Drive Quality Engineering efforts for internal and external product releases
- Prioritize and advocate for top-tier user experiences
- Design test strategy for existing and new features/experiments for both Raya and Places, by Raya
- Drive incident prioritization
- Work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Client, and Server Engineering)
- Collaborate on an as-needed basis with Data, Community, and Support teams
- Participate in release processes for the entire company
- Host and manage internal company test sessions and dogfooding
- Assist the triage team with debugging and investigating support tickets
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in manual QA within modern software development environments, supporting scalable mobile applications
- Experience navigating both the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC)
- Experience working within agile methodologies across all development phases
- Proficient in Jira; experienced testing in sandbox environments, creating detailed test cases, using iOS Console, and maintaining up-to-date documentation
- Eagerness to embrace Raya's QA process, ethos and practices
- Excited about incorporating AI into QA best practices
- Strong collaborative instincts, emphasizing open communication, transparency, and cross-team interaction
- Industry experience testing applications for a variety of smartphones and tablets
- Ability to isolate defects effectively, as well as provide specific conditions for reproducibility
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Passion for quality in the mobile space
- Flexible mindset
- Proactive self-starter who is able to push back as needed
- Friendly and empathetic attitude
- Enjoys mentoring your colleagues
What Sets You Apart
- Visionary: You think beyond the present, anticipating future technological trends and their implications on the Raya Community.
- Empathetic Collaborator: You naturally resonate with colleagues, users, and collaborative teams, fostering a culture of understanding and innovation.
- Growth-Oriented: You possess a perpetual learner's mindset, open to challenges, and always seeking opportunities to expand your technical horizons.
- Impact-Driven: With a knack for identifying the 'big picture', you prioritize tasks that maximize impact, aligning with Raya’s overarching goals.
Top Skills
Ai Tools
JIRA
Mobile Applications
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