Middle Manual QA Engineer

Trading Space; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No time tracking

20 paid vacation days

7 sick leave days

Bonuses

Job summary

Trading Space is seeking a Middle Manual QA Engineer to dive into details, catch bugs early, and ensure a smooth user experience for web platforms. You will own end-to-end QA, design and execute test scenarios, and collaborate with product, development, and UI/UX teams to ship reliable features.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of manual testing experience, strong API/SQL skills, and familiarity with Steam trading mechanics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manual testing of web applications.
• Strong understanding of Steam trading mechanics, including trade offers, restrictions, holds, Steam Trade Protection, and trade reversals.
• Familiarity with test design and SDLC.
• Ability to investigate issues via browser DevTools, API responses, logs, and DB queries.

Responsibilities

• Guard product quality end-to-end: track, triage, and report issues across the QA cycle.
• Validate releases: run pre-release regression on Staging and post-release health checks on Prod.
• Investigate production and Support-reported issues, distinguish new defects from known issues, and create or update bug reports with supporting evidence.
• Create and maintain test scenarios, cases, checklists and bug reports that actually help the team move faster.
• Summarize testing results, highlight remaining risks, and communicate release readiness.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Devs, and UI/UX team to ensure features work as intended.
• Suggest product and process improvements, raise risks early, and use AI tools and automation where they help.
• Be ready to adapt - world moves fast; flexibility is part of the game.
• Stay honest, open, and direct - no corporate nonsense, just teamwork and clarity.

Skills

Manual testing

REST API testing

SQL queries

DevTools debugging

Automation basics

Security testing

Performance testing

Tools

Postman

Bruno

Job description

We are looking for a Middle Manual QA Engineer who loves digging into details, catching bugs before they bite, and making sure everything works like a charm.

YOUR QUEST-LINE:

• Guard product quality end-to-end: track, triage, and report issues across the QA cycle;
• Validate releases: run pre-release regression on Staging and post-release health checks on Prod;
• Investigate production and Support-reported issues, distinguish new defects from known issues, and create or update bug reports with supporting evidence;
• Create and maintain test scenarios, cases, checklists and bug reports that actually help the team move faster;
• Summarize testing results, highlight remaining risks, and communicate release readiness;
• Collaborate tightly with Product Managers, Devs, and UI/UX team to ensure features work as intended and users stay happy;
• Don't just test - think. Suggest product and process improvements, raise risks early, and use AI tools and automation where they help simplify QA workflows and reduce repetitive work;
• Be ready to adapt - our world moves fast, and flexibility is part of the game;
• Stay honest, open, and direct - no corporate nonsense, just teamwork and clarity.

YOUR IN-GAME SKIN:

• 3+ years of experience in manual testing of web applications;
• Strong understanding of Steam trading mechanics, including trade offers, restrictions, holds, Steam Trade Protection, and trade reversals;
• Strong knowledge of software testing principles;
• Ability to apply test design and test analysis early in the SDLC;
• Ability to investigate issues using browser DevTools, API responses, logs, and database queries, and localize problems across frontend, backend, and third-party integrations;
• Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman or Bruno;
• Experience with databases and SQL query writing;
• Ability to prepare test data and set up user and transaction states using APIs, SQL, and internal tools;
• Understanding of HTTP and WebSockets;
• Ability to analyze requirements, identify gaps and inconsistencies, and translate them into effective test scenarios;
• Understanding of Agile principles and practices, Kanban method;
• Experience testing iOS and Android applications, including device compatibility, permissions, app lifecycle, and network-related scenarios;
• You're proactive, curious and responsible.
• Practical familiarity with skin marketplaces and their core flows;
• Have an unstoppable passion to improve products and processes around;
• Experience with payment integrations, KYC/AML, and anti-fraud systems;
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Git;
• Experience with performance and security testing.

YOUR POWER-UPS SOURCE:

• Spontaneous weekend from the CEO;
• Support for professional development, including events (we went on a MAJOR trip to Copenhagen, for example), certifications, and educational materials;
• Start working at a time that's comfortable for you;
• People Partner who will always support you in word and deed;
• Anniversary and performance bonuses;
• Input on project direction in a bureaucracy-free environment;
• Regular performance reviews and personal feedback sessions;
• 20 paid vacation days and 7 sick leave days;
• Assisting with the accounting and tax management for individual entrepreneurs;
• English language and Well-being benefit - so that you can improve your mental health the way you want;
• No time tracking;
• We purchase CHARGING STATIONS for our spacers;
• We help Ukraine: every month the company supports AFU and transfers donations for ammunition and supplies.