Sr. Quality Test Engineer II

Reed Elsevier Philippines; Quezon City; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

IT Equipment provided

HMO from Day 1 for you and four depend

Retirement package with company match

Life and Accident Insurance from Day 1

24 PTOs (+6 after 5 years)

Annual merit increase and incentives

Learning and certification programs

Job summary

Reed Elsevier Philippines is seeking a Senior Quality Test Engineer to own end-to-end test execution, design and maintain test scenarios, and deliver high-quality releases. You will manage defects, provide risk updates, and partner with delivery, QA, and product teams to ensure environments and features are released confidently.

The role emphasizes test strategy, hands-on testing across UI, Mobile and API, and driving automation where possible.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience with 2+ years in automation.
• Proven manual test design and execution across UI, Mobile and API layers.
• Strong defect management from issue to closure.
• Solid test management and lifecycle familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Own test strategy for delivery team and drive execution.
• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of customer environments through planning and execution.
• Define and adapt test coverage to align with customer requirements and priorities.
• Maintain test scenarios and execution records for traceability and reporting.
• Log, reproduce, and track defects to resolution.
• Provide clear testing status updates in stand-ups and planning sessions.
• Collaborate with QA and product teams to automate test coverage for features.

Skills

Test automation

Manual testing

Defect management

Test planning

UI/API testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Zephyr

Job description

Join us and enjoy benefits designed to help you thrive:

• Flexible hybrid work setup (1-2 days/month onsite reporting)
• IT Equipment provided
• HMO coverage starting from Day 1 for you and FOUR FREE dependents
• Attractive retirement package with company matching
• Life and Accident Insurance starting Day 1
• 24 Annual PTOs, additional 6 once you reach your 5th year with us
• Competitive benefits with annual merit increase and incentives
• Continuous improvement for our employees (workshops, certification programs, learning sessions, etc.)

We need a Senior Quality Test Engineer who can own test execution end to end—designing and maintaining test scenarios, performing thorough manual testing, and building reliable automated tests. You’ll manage defects through to resolution, provide clear status and risk updates, and partner closely with delivery, QA, and product teams to ensure customer environments and platform features are released with confidence.

• Take ownership of the delivery team’s test strategy and drive effective execution.
• Contribute to the timely and high-quality delivery of customer environments through effective test planning and execution.
• Define and adapt test coverage to align with customer requirements and delivery priorities.
• Maintain test scenarios and test execution records in the test management tool to support traceability, effective execution and accurate reporting.
• Identify, log, and document defects in bug-tracking tools to drive timely resolution.
• Track and troubleshoot defects with developers and stakeholders through to closure.
• Provide clear testing status updates in stand-ups and planning sessions, highlighting risks and priorities.
• Partner with QA and product teams to automate test coverage for new and existing platform features.

Work Arrangement:

• Set-Up: Hybrid (1x/month onsite reporting)
• Schedule: 7:00AM - 3:00PM
• Location: Location: UP AyalaLand Technohub, Commonwealth, Quezon City

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Must have at least 5 years of relevant experience; with 2 years automation experience
• Proven manual test design and execution (test scenarios/cases, exploratory and regression testing) aligned to customer requirements in UI, Mobile and API layers.
• Strong defect management: identify, reproduce, document, and track issues in a bug-tracking tool through to closure.
• Test management discipline: create and maintain test scenarios and test cycles in a test management tool.
• Strong analytical skills and a high attention to detail, with the ability to document and design effective test scenarios.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience automating complex UI and API workflows, including authentication, session management, and end-to-end validation.
• Experience using Jira and Zephyr to manage testing requirements, execution, and defects.