Remote Position
[Remote] Senior QA Tester
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Software Technology Inc. is hiring a Senior QA Tester to test and validate applications through manual and automated testing, API testing, and database validation. The role focuses on accessibility and government compliance, defect management, and collaboration with business and development teams to support application changes and production releases.
Responsibilities
- Perform a variety of software testing activities, including:
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Usability Testing
- Accessibility Testing
- Develop, execute, and maintain manual test cases, test scripts, and test plans
- Utilize testing tools to support and expand automated testing efforts where practical
- Review business requirements and technical documentation to ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Collaborate with business analysts to clarify requirements and develop test scenarios, including limited requirements-gathering activities necessary for test planning
- Perform API testing and database validation to ensure data accuracy and system integrity
- Execute SQL queries to validate application functionality and data processing
- Document testing results, defects, and recommendations
- Participate in defect triage activities, troubleshooting, and production support efforts as issues arise
- Work closely with development teams to ensure changes are successfully migrated into production environments
- Support projects ranging from small enhancements to large-scale application initiatives
- Assist with maintaining user and system documentation as business processes evolve
- Participate in business process improvement and validation activities
Skills
- 5+ years of quality assurance and software testing experience
- Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and best practices
- Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough, deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards, not just surface-level familiarity
- Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts
- SQL queries and database validation
- API testing and web service validation
- Experience developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into comprehensive testing strategies
- Experience tracking and managing defects through the software development lifecycle
- Certification in Accessibility Testing
- Knowledge of Section 508 Accessibility Standards
- Experience testing applications for government accessibility compliance
- Familiarity with accessibility testing tools and methodologies
- Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams
- Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative development environments
- 5+ years of quality assurance and software testing experience. - Required / 5 Years
- Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough, deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards—Required / 5 Years
- Not just surface-level familiarity. - Upload CERT in reference. - Don't submit a candidate if you don't have them. - Required / 5 Years
- Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and best practices. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts. - Required / 5 Years
- SQL queries and database validation—Required / 5 Years
- API testing and web service validation—Required / 5 Years
- Experience developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements. - Required / 5 Years
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into comprehensive testing strategies. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience tracking and managing defects through the software development lifecycle. - Required / 5 Years
- Certification in Accessibility Testing. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience with Section 508 Accessibility Standards. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience testing applications for government accessibility compliance. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience with accessibility testing tools and methodologies. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements—Required / 5 Years
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. - Required / 5 Years
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. - Required / 5 Years
- Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative development environments. - Required / 5 Years
- Experience supporting government applications or public-sector technology environments
- Experience testing compliance-driven or grant management systems
- Experience supporting government applications or public-sector technology environments. Highly desired / 5 years
- Experience testing compliance-driven or grant management systems. Highly desired / 5 years
Benefits
- Remote
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