General QA Engineer

• You would like to work in a positive atmosphere where teamwork and trust in your colleagues are primary values.
• You succeed in an environment that values initiative and sharing feedback and where your suggestions and efforts are recognized and appreciated.
• You are used to taking responsibility for solving difficult tasks and are directly involved in how your efforts impact the final result.
• You enjoy performing deep manual and exploratory testing for new features while simultaneously building the automation that protects them in the long run.
• You thrive on being the "quality gatekeeper" for a feature - from analyzing requirements and finding edge cases manually to debugging automated test failures in the pipeline.
• You want to take ownership of the end-to-end testing process, ensuring that both manual checks and automated scripts provide a complete picture of product health.

• Performing comprehensive manual and exploratory testing for new features to ensure they meet requirements and provide a great user experience.
• Developing and maintaining automated test scripts (UI and API) within the existing automation framework.
• Creating and executing test cases, plan test runs that combine manual scenarios with automated checks for full coverage.
• Collaborating with developers to identify testing requirements early and ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Monitoring and analyzing automated test results in the CI/CD pipeline, taking ownership of debugging failures and reporting defects.
• Contributing to the improvement of QA documentation, including test cases, bug reports, and internal testing instructions.
• Actively participating in team processes (PBRs, daily meeting, retrospective) to provide testing input, testing estimates and advocate for quality best practices.

• Strong expertise in manual testing methodologies, including test design, requirement analysis, and exploratory testing techniques.
• Proficiency in UI testing, using both automated tools and manual clients.
• Strong analytical skills with a detail-oriented mindset for finding edge cases and documenting clear, reproducible bug reports.
• Knowledge of SQL and database basics, enabling you to verify data integrity and perform deeper backend testing.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Sentry, Grafana, Loki) to help investigate and reproduce production issues.
• Great communication skills and a proactive attitude toward collaborating with developers and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Practical programming skills (TypeScript, JavaScript is a plus) and hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks (Playwright is a plus), with the ability to write and update existing automated tests.
• Experience with Git for version control.
• Proficiency in API testing, using both automated tools and manual clients.
• Basic understanding of Docker for running tests in containers.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., BitBucket, GitHub Actions), including the ability to run tests and investigate pipeline failures.

• Experience with performance, security, or reliability testing.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and testing strategies (AWS is a plus).
• Basic experience with Mobile testing and responsive web testing across different devices.

• Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere without being tied to one place - while ensuring you are available to our team during the agreed working hours.
• Achieve a harmonious work-life balance with a flexible schedule tailored to your local needs, along with paid vacation, sick leave, and local holidays.
• Empower yourself with work equipment of your choice partially paid for by HomeBuddy and up-to-date apps and tools to maximize your productivity.
• Feel valued and appreciated with an industry-leading compensation package.
• Get recognized and rewarded for both outstanding individual efforts leading to extraordinary results and our team success.
• Enhance your well-being with our allowance program covering fitness activities and mental health programs.
• Learn and expand your knowledge by both working on complex tasks and using paid training opportunities, including courses, events, and conferences.

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