Entry-Level Test Engineer: Build & Break Cloud Apps

pointofrental; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Point of Rental is seeking an entry-level QA/Software Engineer to join the team and write tests from day one. You will work across JS/TS in Angular, Node/NestJS, and PHP surfaces, diagnosing issues by reading code and fixing defects with team review. You’ll grow into broader ownership while building internal tools and contributing to releases.

The role emphasizes learning the product, the domain, and the end-to-end SDLC, with mentorship and a clear path toward Full Stack Engineer as you progress.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate ability to read and explain code and make improvements.
• Showcase a capstone, bootcamp project, GitHub profile, or prior work.
• Foundation in software development or testing from any pathway.
• Strong written bug reports and clear commit messages.
• Curiosity to trace edge cases to root cause and learn quickly.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and quality focus.
• Exposure to Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, SQL, REST APIs, Azure DevOps or Jira is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain tests in JS/TS for Angular and Node/NestJS, PHP surfaces.
• Read code to diagnose causes beyond the surface failure.
• Fix low-risk defects and submit via code review.
• Develop internal tools to speed testing and releases.
• Take scoped product work under mentor review as you ramp.
• Verify features across web and desktop, reporting bugs for immediate action.

Skills

Code reading

Code writing

Bug reporting

Test planning

Regression testing

Learn quickly

Education

Foundation in software development

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

SQL

REST APIs

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Point of Rental is seeking an entry-level QA/Software Engineer to join the team and write tests from day one. You will work across JS/TS in Angular, Node/NestJS, and PHP surfaces, diagnosing issues by reading code and fixing defects with team review. You’ll grow into broader ownership while building internal tools and contributing to releases.

The role emphasizes learning the product, the domain, and the end-to-end SDLC, with mentorship and a clear path toward Full Stack Engineer as you progress.