QA Analyst II/III

Archer; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer collaborates with Verisk to connect top professionals for this QA Automation Engineer role in Jersey City. You will perform manual and automated testing of applications supporting business objectives, with independence in project analysis.

Responsibilities include leading test analysis, developing test cases and scripts for websites, APIs, and infrastructure, and testing AI-driven solutions in an Agile environment. Collaboration with analysts and product owners is essential.

Qualifications

• Familiar with SQL, XML, JSON and scripting languages.
• Provide input in prioritizing, estimating, and defining acceptance criteria.
• Clearly define test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures.
• Provide usability and functionality feedback to developers.
• Interact with customers on issues and provide recommendations.
• Ability to build automated test scripts.
• Understanding of AI systems and AI testing concepts.
• Understanding of Agents, MCP, and Agentic AI systems is nice to have.
• Plan tests and strategies according to the project.
• Thorough and disciplined, ability to analyze a problem and weight severity of the issue.
• Dedicated worker skilled at collaborating in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis for developing test cases and scripts for websites, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Perform manual testing while scripting automated tests to ensure application quality.
• Test and validate AI-driven solutions, automate regression tests, in Agile environments.
• Serve as a liaison to business analysts and product owners, providing feedback on readiness for migrations.
• Provide technical guidance to junior testers and other team members.

Skills

SQL

XML

JSON

Python

C#

Java

UI automation

RESTful API testing

API testing

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

AI testing concepts

communication skills

team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Apache JMeter

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD tools (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Octopus, Maven)

New Relic

SonarQube

Job description

Archer is collaborating with Verisk to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Description

Accountable for performing manual and automated testing of applications supporting business objectives while demonstrating independence in project analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis for the purposes of developing test cases and script for websites, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Perform hands-on manual testing while scripting automated tests to ensure application quality.
• Test and validate AI-driven solutions, automate regression tests, and ensure the performance and functionality of applications in an Agile environment.
• Serve as a liaison to business analyst and product owner, providing feedback on application readiness for migrations.
• Provides technical guidance to junior testers and other team members.

Qualifications

• Technically familiar with development concepts and formats such as SQL, XML, JSON and scripting languages.
• Provide input in prioritizing, estimating, and defining acceptance criteria
• Clearly define test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures
• Provide usability and functionality feedback to developers
• Interact with customers on issues and provide recommendations
• Ability to build automated test scripts
• Understanding of AI systems and AI Testing concepts is a plus
• Understanding of Agents, MCP, and Agentic AI systems is nice to have
• Plan tests and strategies according to the project
• Thorough and disciplined, ability to analyze a problem and weight severity of the issue.
• Dedicated worker skilled at collaborating in a team setting.

Experience

• Bachelor's in Computer science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field or equivalent experience
• 2-3 years of proven experience in the software development industry, participating in team environment.
• 2-3 years of experience in UI automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver using programming languages like Python, C #, Java.
• 2-3 years of proven experience in testing and automating web services such as RESTful API using programming languages like Python, Java.
• 2-3 years of proven experience in API / performance testing using tools such as Apache JMeter.
• Strong Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C# .Net.
• Experience in CI/CD technologies (e.g., bamboo, bitbucket, octopus, Maven etc.).
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, automation, and operations.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills
• Ability to learn and adapt to continuously changing technology.
• Familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence.
• Familiarity with Agile [Scrum]
• Familiarity with monitoring solutions, like SonarQube and New Relic and responding to and resolving the alerts.
• Familiarity with working in a Continuous Integration atmosphere