QA Engineer: End-to-End Automation & Manual Testing

Sweetwater; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater is hiring a QA engineer to strengthen our software quality assurance team. You will design test plans for new features, execute tests, and collaborate with developers to resolve quality issues while ensuring timely production release.

The role includes building automated testing solutions to prevent critical regressions and to support a fast-paced environment. Strong documentation and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience testing web or native applications (MacOS).
• Proficiency in modern QA best practices (functional & non-functional).
• Effective communication skills.
• Attention to detail with a creative edge to find defects.
• Team player with collaboration skills.
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn new tools.
• Familiarity with agile/Kanban processes.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated end‑to‑end tests using Cypress and JavaScript/Python.
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and WCAG standards is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling is preferred.
• Understanding of client/server interactions and basic SQL.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual and automated QA testing of software.
• Coordinate ticket assignments with QA and Web/4D & Desktop teams.
• Test and script incoming software from Development Teams.
• Identify, analyze, and document functional issues.
• Monitor bug resolution progress and track outcomes.
• Use Jira for ticket management and prioritize with urgency.
• Write and maintain automated E2E tests with Cypress and JS/Python.

Skills

Test planning

Manual testing

Automated testing

Jira

Cypress

JavaScript

Python

Communication

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

ISTQB Foundation Level

Tools

Git

Job description

Sweetwater is hiring a QA engineer to strengthen our software quality assurance team. You will design test plans for new features, execute tests, and collaborate with developers to resolve quality issues while ensuring timely production release.

The role includes building automated testing solutions to prevent critical regressions and to support a fast-paced environment. Strong documentation and communication skills are essential.