Junior Web QA Engineer

You will guard product quality end-to-end. In fast sprints, you analyze user stories, design focused test cases, and uncover defects before real users ever notice. Working alongside frontend, backend, and product teammates, you own cross-browser and responsive validation, document crystal-clear bug reports, and verify hot-fixes in staging. You will grow technical depth while learning industry-standard automation tools—and you will do it in a culture that fosters experimentation and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities  

- Dissect requirements, craft concise test plans, and prioritize coverage.  

- Execute manual functional, regression, and exploratory tests across modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).  

- Pinpoint, isolate, and reproduce defects; log actionable tickets with screenshots, HAR files, and console output.  

- Track issue life-cycle through to verified resolution, updating test cases as fixes deploy.  

- Maintain lightweight test environments—seed data, feature flags, browser extensions.  

- Pair with developers to clarify acceptance criteria and brainstorm edge cases.  

- Monitor CI pipelines, triage failed builds, and escalate blockers.  

- Research emerging QA tools (Playwright, Cypress, BrowserStack) and propose pilot projects.  

- Champion usability, accessibility, and performance nuances that elevate user satisfaction.  

- Contribute to retrospective sessions, sharing insights that tighten our feedback loop.

Required Skills & Experience  

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.  

- 0-2 years of hands-on web application testing or an internship demonstrating equivalent exposure.  

- Solid grasp of HTTP, DOM structure, RESTful APIs, and browser dev-tools.  

- Proficiency writing structured test cases and defect reports in a test management platform (TestRail, Zephyr).  

- Familiarity with agile boards (Jira, Azure DevOps) and version control workflows (Git).  

- Keen analytical thinking—able to decompose complex flows into atomic verifications.  

- Clear, assertive communication—both written and spoken—when collaborating with technical and non-technical peers.  

- Adaptability; you embrace shifting priorities and ambiguous specs with a problem-solving mindset.  

- Desire to explore automation frameworks and scripting (JavaScript, Python) as a next step.  

- Legal authorization to work in the United States.