Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Code District LLC; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Code District LLC is seeking a QA engineer to join our enterprise web application team. This hands-on role focuses on manual testing, deep exploration of the app and database, and finding where issues originate. You will work across modules, write clear bug reports with evidence, and communicate with clients to clarify expectations.

Strong SQL skills and an investigative mindset are essential. If you thrive in data-heavy environments with limited documentation and enjoy mapping workflows, this

Qualifications

• 3+ years of manual QA experience on complex, data-heavy applications.
• Strong investigative mindset with ability to trace issues to code, SQL, or data.
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to explain issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual functional, regression, and exploratory testing across the application.
• Explore the system to map modules and data flows, documenting findings.
• Investigate defects to root cause, reproduce, and verify data and queries.
• Write clear bug reports with steps, evidence, and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with clients, clarify expectations, and report findings in plain language.
• Plan work independently, identify high-risk areas, and test accordingly.

Skills

Manual testing

Root cause analysis

Bug reporting

Documentation

English communication

Tools

SQL

Job description

We need a QA engineer for a large, established enterprise web application. The system has many interconnected modules and limited documentation, so a big part of the job is building your own understanding of how things work by exploring the application and the database.

This is a hands-on manual testing role with a strong investigation component. When something breaks, we expect you to dig in and tell us where the problem actually is: the application code, the SQL, or the data itself.

Responsibilities

• Manual functional, regression, and exploratory testing across the application.
• Learn the system by exploring it. Map out how modules and workflows connect, and document what you find.
• Investigate defects to the root cause. Reproduce the issue, check the relevant tables, read the queries or stored procedures involved, and determine whether it is a code issue, a query issue, or a data issue.
• Write clear bug reports with reproduction steps, evidence (screenshots, query results), and your root-cause analysis.
• Work directly with the client. Ask clarifying questions when expected behavior is unclear, confirm assumptions before testing, and report findings in plain language.
• Plan your own work. Identify high-risk areas, decide what to test, and flag risks without waiting to be assigned tasks.
  

Requirements

• 3+ years of manual QA experience on complex, data-heavy business applications.
• Solid SQL. Comfortable writing SELECTs with joins, reading existing queries and stored procedures, and inspecting tables to verify how data is populated.
• Experience working on systems with little or no documentation.
• Strong root-cause analysis. You don't stop at "it's broken" — you find out why, with evidence.
• Clear written and spoken English. Able to explain technical issues to developers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Independent and self-directed. Comfortable working with minimal supervision and across time zones.
  

Nice to Have

• Experience testing legacy applications (Classic ASP, older .NET) or systems under modernization.
• SQL Server experience (stored procedures, views).
• Prior experience working directly with international clients.