Scientific QA - User Testing - Luma

dotmatics; Ireland; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Dotmatics, a Siemens company, seeks a Manual Exploratory Tester to validate the Luma platform. You will perform exploratory and UAT testing across web applications, report defects, and collaborate with developers, product owners, and automation engineers.

You should have a background in science (chemistry, biology, or related field) and experience in testing scientific software, with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Background in science (chemistry, biology, or related field) and experience as a User Tester, Software Tester, QA Analyst/User Testing, or similar.
• Experience with exploratory testing and validating scientific workflows.

Responsibilities

• Conduct exploratory and manual testing (UAT) across web-based applications within the Luma platform.
• Develop tests/exploratory test guides to ensure business requirements are met and provide detailed feedback to design/product.
• Validate new features, integrations, and scientific workflows, ensuring functionality aligns with product requirements and user expectations.
• Log clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers for quick resolution.
• Provide critical feedback on usability and overall user experience.
• Collaborate with automation engineers to identify areas suitable for automated coverage.

Skills

Scientific software

Biologic workflows

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Agile/Scrum

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Biology/ Chemistry/ Bioinformatics or Life Sciences background

Tools

Jira

Zephyr Scale

Postman

Bruno

GraphQL

Job description

Our Why At Dotmatics

At Dotmatics, a Siemens company, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive. Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.

We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.

We have created the world's most comprehensive digital science platform - best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.

Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow's breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.

Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics

Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.

You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world's largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.

We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.

What do we need

As a Manual Exploratory Tester (User Testing) , you will play a critical role in validating the quality of our Luma platform. You will focus on exploratory/user testing-investigating new features, workflows, and edge cases to uncover unexpected behaviours and usability issues. You'll work closely with developers, product owners, and automation engineers to ensure defects are caught early, well-documented, and resolved quickly.

A background in science (chemistry, biology, or related field) is required as you will understand the scientific workflows and real-world use cases of our customers.

In this role you will get to:

• Conduct exploratory and manual testing (UAT) across web-based applications within the Luma platform.
• Develop tests/exploratory test guides to ensure business requirements are met and provide detailed feedback to design/product.
• Validate new features, integrations, and scientific workflows, ensuring functionality aligns with product requirements and user expectations.
• Log clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers for quick resolution.
• Provide critical feedback on usability, scientific workflow efficiency, and overall user experience.
• Collaborate with automation engineers to identify areas suitable for automated coverage and review assertions.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release readiness activities.
• Advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

We are looking for people who have an education in, or significant work experience in Biology, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences or similar scientific field and can demonstrate experience as a User Tester, Scientific Application administrator/owner, Software Tester, QA Analyst/User Testing, with a strong focus on exploratory testing

The key skills we are looking for

• Education or working experience in a Scientific environment using scientific software (being at an admin level is ideal)
• Knowledge of Biologic/ Scientific workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with curiosity to probe beyond obvious test cases
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot inconsistencies, edge cases, and usability issues
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for clear bug reporting and collaboration
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams with developers, product managers, and automation engineers

You may also have:

• Experience testing SaaS or complex web applications
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Zephyr Scale, or similar test management/bug tracking systems
• Hands-on experience with backend validation, including API testing and database checks
• Calling APIs with tools like Postman/Bruno
• Practical knowledge of GraphQL, including querying, mutations, and schema validation
• experience with backend validation of APIs, services, and database interactions to ensure data integrity and system reliability.
• Tools like Postman/Bruno for RESTful API testing and validate GraphQL queries/mutati