General QA Engineer

Kyivstar; Ohio; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyivstar.Tech is looking for a QA Engineer to join their dynamic team. You will work on high-load projects within the telecom sector, focusing on backend testing and automation. With the flexibility of remote work and performance bonuses, this role offers a chance to contribute to innovative projects while ensuring and improving quality standards.

Benefits

Remote onboarding

Performance bonuses

Health and life insurance

Wellbeing program

Expense reimbursement for mobile communication

Qualifications

• 3+ years of QA experience with a focus on backend testing.
• Strong Java automation skills.
• Intermediate or higher level of English.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business and technical requirements.
• Design and maintain automated test scripts.
• Collaborate in an Agile environment.

Skills

API testing

SQL

Linux/Unix

Java

Version control (Git)

Testing methodologies

Agile

Tools

Postman

Wireshark

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Zephyr

DBeaver

Job description

We are seeking an experienced QA Engineer to join our dynamic team at Kyivstar.Tech. In this role, you will take part in High load project CRM platform in telecom industry.

About us

Kyivstar.Tech is a Ukrainian hybrid IT company and a resident of Diia.City.

We are a subsidiary of Kyivstar, one of Ukraine’s largest telecom operators.

Our mission is to change lives in Ukraine and around the world by creating technological solutions and products that unleash the potential of businesses and meet users’ needs.

Over 500+ KS.Tech specialists work daily in various areas: mobile and web solutions, as well as design, development, support, and technical maintenance of high-performance systems and services.

We believe in innovations that truly bring quality changes and constantly challenge conventional approaches and solutions. Each of us is an adherent of entrepreneurial culture, which allows us never to stop, to evolve, and to create something new.

What you will do

• Analyze and clarify business and technical requirements
• Design test plans, test cases, and test strategies for backend services
• Perform functional, integration, and performance testing
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Java
• Set up test environments and work with mock services (e.g., MOCK-SERVER)
• Investigate issues using logs, traffic analyzers (Wireshark), and metrics tools (Grafana, Kibana)
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and analysts in an Agile environment
• Actively contribute to QA process improvements and automation frameworks

Qualifications and experience needed

• 3+ years of QA experience with a focus on backend testing
• Strong experience with API testing (e.g., Postman)
• Solid knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational databases
• Experience in Linux/Unix environments and confident use of command-line tools
• Good understanding of testing methodologies and client-server architecture
• Hands-on experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Experience with test documentation: test plans, strategies, test cases, and bug reports
• Strong Java automation skills — ability to build test automation frameworks from scratch
• Intermediate or higher level of English (written and spoken)

A plus would be

• Experience with performance testing tools
• Familiarity with TCP/IP protocols and analyzing network traffic (e.g., using Wireshark)
• Prior experience with tools like Zephyr, Confluence, DBeaver
• Understanding of microservices architecture and communication patterns

What we offer

• Office or remote – it’s up to you. You can work from anywhere, and we will arrange your workplace
• Remote onboarding
• Performance bonuses for everyone (annual or quarterly — depends on the role)
• We train employees: with the opportunity to learn through the company’s library, internal resources, and programs from partners
• Health and life insurance
• Wellbeing program and corporate psychologist
• Reimbursement of expenses for Kyivstar mobile communication