Software QA Engineer - Automation & AI-Enabled Testing

City of Shakopee, MN; Mandaluyong; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson Systems and Software in the Philippines is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join a collaborative Agile team, combining hands-on testing, automation, and continuous improvement to deliver reliable software experiences.

You will advocate quality, support release decisions, and partner with cross-functional teams to create test strategies and drive quality across the full software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing of web-based, enterprise, or complex software applications.
• Knowledge of software testing principles, exploratory testing, test design techniques, defect management, and risk-based testing approaches.
• Experience designing and executing tests across user interfaces, APIs, integrations, backend services, and data workflows.
• Experience developing or maintaining automated tests using modern frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar tools.
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java.
• Experience using relational databases and SQL for test data management, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Champion quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle by identifying risks early and supporting informed release decisions.
• Develop a strong understanding of software platform, customer workflows, integrations, and operational use cases to ensure effective test coverage.
• Translate business and technical requirements into comprehensive test strategies that address functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Execute exploratory, functional, regression, API, integration, and end-to-end testing activities while documenting results and communicating outcomes clearly.
• Investigate, document, and verify software defects, working collaboratively with stakeholders to drive effective resolution.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests that improve efficiency, reduce repetitive manual effort, and strengthen release confidence.
• Partner with developers, product owners, and subject matter experts to improve requirements clarity, acceptance criteria, and testability early in the development process.
• Utilize AI-enabled tools responsibly to support test design, automation development, test data creation, analysis, documentation, and defect investigation while validating outputs for accuracy and quality.
• Analyze testing trends and quality metrics to identify opportunities for product, automation, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with product management, development, user experience, architecture, operations, support, and domain experts to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Actively contribute to Agile, Scrum, and SAFe ceremonies, promoting quality-focused practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Test design

Exploratory testing

Strong communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Azure DevOps

Git workflows

CI/CD

SQL

Job description

Emerson Systems and Software in the Philippines is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join a collaborative Agile team, combining hands-on testing, automation, and continuous improvement to deliver reliable software experiences.

You will advocate quality, support release decisions, and partner with cross-functional teams to create test strategies and drive quality across the full software lifecycle.