QA Engineer

lokaal bestuur boom; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with stock options

Full healthcare coverage

15 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year

Job summary

lokaal bestuur boom is looking for a QA Engineer in Austin, TX, responsible for ensuring product quality and reliability across the Boom platform. This role involves manual and exploratory testing, identifying bugs, and maintaining the integrity of the product.

The ideal candidate has at least two years of QA experience in SaaS or fintech, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams. Boom offers a competitive salary with stock options, healthcare coverage, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of QA experience on web and mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with financial systems or compliance-sensitive features is a plus.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Run manual and exploratory testing across new features.
• Test third-party integrations for data accuracy.
• Own final QA sign-off for production releases.

Skills

QA or software testing experience

Analytical instincts

Structured bug reports

Browser dev tools proficiency

AI tools usage

Job description

Opportunity

The QA Engineer owns product quality, reliability, and consistency across the Boom platform. You will run manual and exploratory testing, identify bugs, and verify quality across web, mobile, and our integrations, focusing on customer impact, edge cases, and release readiness.

At Boom, quality directly affects property manager trust and renter experience. A payment that fails, a report that breaks, or a workflow that confuses users erodes confidence fast. You will partner closely with product, engineering, and customer success to catch issues before they reach customers, document clear reproduction steps, and advocate for the fixes that matter most.

This is a hands‑on testing role for someone who enjoys breaking things to make them better and thrives in a fast‑paced environment. For this role, we are hiring for candidates in Austin, TX, where our leadership and product team is located. Compensation range is directional and adjustable +/- based on competency.

What you’ll do

• Run manual and exploratory testing across new features, regressions, and edge cases. Validate behavior across browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices.
• Test third‑party integrations (payment processors, accounting systems, banking partners) for data accuracy and reliability.
• Own final QA sign‑off for production releases. Critical paths work or we don’t ship.
• Maintain regression suites and catch unintended side effects from new code or configuration changes.
• Write clear, reproducible bug reports with screenshots, reproduction steps, expected vs. actual behavior, and severity. Verify fixes in staging and production.
• Partner with PMs and engineers to clarify requirements, reproduce issues, and ship customer‑focused tests grounded in real user workflows.
• Maintain test cases, checklists, and QA standards so quality holds up as we scale.

What you’ll need

• 2+ years of QA or software testing experience, ideally on web and mobile in SaaS or fintech.
• Strong analytical instincts. You assess product behavior beyond the documented acceptance criteria and proactively clarify requirements when they’re vague or incomplete.
• Clean, structured bug reports are second nature: reproduction steps, screenshots, severity, expected vs. actual.
• Comfortable with browser dev tools, network inspection, basic debugging, and API integration testing.
• Daily use of AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) for test case generation, exploratory testing, and scripting. We use AI heavily across the team and expect new hires to do the same.
• Balance thoroughness with speed in a fast‑moving startup environment.
• Strong written communicator who collaborates cross‑functionally with product and engineering.
• Plus: experience testing payment flows, financial systems, or compliance‑sensitive features; exposure to test automation or scripting.
• Empathy for our end users, including low‑to‑moderate‑income renters, and a desire to build products that make a difference.

Benefits of working at Boom

• Competitive salary with stock options.
• Full healthcare coverage (health, dental, vision) including 50% coverage for dependents.
• 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year + 3 sick days + all US federal holidays (11 in total).
• Company‑issued laptop/MacBook.
• Company‑sponsored training & development.
• Regular off‑sites, retreats, and other company‑sponsored events and travel opportunities.