Senior QA Engineer
The Company
We’re Big Human, a digital product studio that’s been solving complex problems since 2010. We’re part client services, part internal lab. We create beautiful online experiences, as well as incubate our own ideas. We’ve built, launched, and sold our own products, which gives us valuable insights into creating leading-edge tech for our clients.
The Role
We're seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join the Big Human team in ensuring our web applications are of the highest quality. As the right person for the job, you will have at least 5 years of relevant industry experience and boast an impressive knowledge of manual testing methodologies, with the ability to contribute to automated testing when needed. Our automation stack is JavaScript-based (Playwright for end-to-end testing, Jest and Vitest for unit testing), but we value good testing fundamentals and a solid understanding of QA processes above specific tools. You should also be comfortable handling the implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies in a small team, and open to working with AI tools as part of your day-to-day workflow. Most importantly, you should enjoy tackling technical challenges across a diverse range of projects and take pride in shipping high-quality, bug-free releases.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Deep experience writing and executing manual test cases for web applications
- Strong understanding of QA processes, test planning, and defect tracking
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and the ability to write modern JavaScript for test automation
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
- Advocate for thorough testing, including visual regression and design QA
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development and testing tools, and a willingness to incorporate them into your workflow
Bonus Points:
- Hands-on experience with Playwright, Jest, or Vitest
- Experience with performance and load testing
- Knowledge of security testing
- Familiarity with Headless CMS systems like Contentful or Sanity
- Familiarity with MySQL or other relational databases
- Experience with mobile application testing
- Experience configuring and using Docker for testing environments