QA Engineer

Buzz Solutions; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Buzz Solutions in Palo Alto seeks a detail-oriented QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products. You will work with engineering, product, and design teams to validate new features, prevent regressions, and continuously improve testing practices to deliver a high-quality user experience at scale.

The role involves designing test plans, executing tests, building automated frameworks, and collaborating on CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software QA/testing experience.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum lifecycles.
• Experience with manual testing and test case design.
• Proficient with browser DevTools for debugging UI and API issues.
• Familiar with Jira/Linear/GitHub Issues.
• Experience with JIRA workflows, Cucumber, CI pipelines.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with proactive QA mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web applications.
• Perform manual and automated testing across functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps and severity levels.
• Validate fixes and ensure issues are resolved without introducing regressions.
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and CI/CD test pipelines (where applicable).
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.
• Advocate for quality best practices across the development lifecycle.
• Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and coverage.

Skills

Manual testing

Agile/Scrum

Communication

DevTools debugging

QA mindset

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Linear

GitHub Issues

Cucumber

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

We are looking for a detail-oriented and driven QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products. You will work closely with engineering, product, and design teams to validate new features, prevent regressions, and continuously improve our testing practices. This role is critical to delivering a high-quality user experience at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web applications
• Perform manual and automated testing across functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand requirements and acceptance criteria
• Identify, document, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps and severity levels
• Validate fixes and ensure issues are resolved without introducing regressions
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and CI/CD test pipelines (where applicable)
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews
• Advocate for quality best practices across the development lifecycle
• Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and coverage

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance or testing
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (Agile/Scrum)
• Able to adapt to testing depth based on ticket type (feature vs bug), impact, and release context rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach.
• Experience with manual testing techniques and test case design
• Confident using browser DevTools (network, console, application/storage) to debug UI and API issues and collaborate effectively with engineers.
• Familiarity with bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues)
• Hands-on experience with JIRA workflows, BDD tools like Cucumber, CI pipelines, and comfort validating automated test results alongside manual testing.
• Ability to clearly communicate issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable owning validation decisions, initiating QA-Dev syncs when needed, and partnering with engineers to improve product quality without adding unnecessary process.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
• Programming or scripting experience (JavaScript, Python, or similar)
• Experience testing APIs, backend services, or distributed systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Experience testing cloud-based or data-intensive applications
• Knowledge of performance, load, or security testing is a plus