Overview
This contract position is for a Quality Assurance Engineer who will engage in testing for a responsive web MVP aimed at managing private collections. The selected contractor will work independently while collaborating with Product, UX, and Development teams to ensure that the product meets all requirements and functions correctly. The role requires a high level of scrutiny in assessing feature readiness and uncovering defects, with an emphasis on maintaining data security and user permissions.
Responsibilities
- Review PRDs, acceptance criteria, and approved designs.
- Prepare a proportionate test approach for each release.
- Test completed features across desktop and mobile web.
- Confirm that each role can only see and perform permitted actions.
- Record defects with clear steps, evidence, severity, and expected behavior.
- Retest resolved defects and maintain a concise regression suite.
- Provide an independent release-readiness assessment.
- Report serious privacy, permissions, or data-exposure risks immediately.
Requirements
- At least five years of software QA experience.
- Experience testing responsive web applications.
- Strong functional, exploratory, and regression-testing skills.
- Experience testing APIs and database-backed behavior.
- Ability to read requirements and identify missing cases.
- Experience working independently with developers and product teams.
- Familiarity with browser developer tools and API-testing tools.
- Experience with Playwright, Cypress, or a comparable automation framework is preferred.