QA Engineer II — Build Reliable Automated Tests

The Harvest Group; Rogers (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvest Group seeks a Quality Engineer II in Rogers, AR to ensure reliability, functionality, and quality of software. You’ll design and execute manual and automated tests, collaborate with developers and product owners, and uphold QA standards across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes independent testing with guidance from the Team Lead. You will participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to test planning, and help improve testing practices.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in software quality assurance or testing, with the ability to work independently on day-to-day testing tasks.
• Proven experience writing and executing manual test cases, reporting defects clearly, and driving issues through to resolution.
• Solid understanding of software testing concepts, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) sufficient to test and troubleshoot web applications.
• Ability to read and understand application code well enough to write meaningful test scenarios.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and clear written communication.
• Experience working within Agile methodologies and cross-functional development teams, including partnering directly with developers and product owners on quality decisions.
• Exposure to test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases to validate new and existing software applications against business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with developers and product owners to understand feature requirements and translate them into effective test plans and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and track defects clearly, working with the development team to verify fixes and prevent regressions.
• Build and maintain automated test scripts to improve test coverage and reduce manual testing effort over time.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives, to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development process.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across web and application interfaces.
• Support release readiness by validating builds, tracking test results, and communicating quality risks to the team.
• Help evolve QA processes, standards, and tooling in partnership with the Team Lead, bringing ideas for improving testing practices across the team.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

Job description

Harvest Group seeks a Quality Engineer II in Rogers, AR to ensure reliability, functionality, and quality of software. You’ll design and execute manual and automated tests, collaborate with developers and product owners, and uphold QA standards across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes independent testing with guidance from the Team Lead. You will participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to test planning, and help improve testing practices.