Quality Assurance Analyst

Themesoft Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst role at Themesoft Inc. in Albany offers a hybrid work arrangement with remote work currently, and potential in-office days as directed by the client.

The candidate will plan, design, and execute tests, validate business requirements, and maintain a central repository of requirements and test cases. Required qualifications include 3+ years in automation testing, strong understanding of SDLC and agile processes, and experience with Gherkin for BDD or TDD.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in automation testing and manual functional testing.
• Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies, including test plans, cases, and RTMs.
• Experience writing and testing to acceptance criteria and user stories.
• Hands-on with Gherkin for BDD (or TDD alternative).
• Troubleshooting and debugging test automation failures; attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support project implementation via thorough test planning, design, and execution.
• Analyze and plan test requirements and QA activities; document and execute tests.
• Identify risks and present to team for discussion and mitigation.
• Maintain a repository of requirements and test cases; develop and execute automated and manual tests.
• Be flexible to work on ad hoc test activities on short notice.

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

Test planning

Agile methodologies

Gherkin (BDD)

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Tools

MABL

API testing

JSON testing

Job description

Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst

Location: Albany – Hybrid: Currently remote. May need to go into client office 1-2 days per week if needed, per client direction.

Travel: None

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of projects via thorough test planning, design, and execution by validating the business requirements.
• Analyze and plan test requirements and associated QA activities, including documentation and execution.
• Be proactive in identifying risks and present to the team for discussion.
• Maintain a single repository of requirements and test cases and develop and execute manual and automated test scripts.
• Be flexible to work on ad hoc test activities within a short span of time.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience with automation testing.
• An understanding of software development life cycle processes and agile methodologies, along with experience in manual functional testing, test documentation including test plans, test cases, requirements traceability matrices (RTMs), test tracking tools, and execution.
• Experience writing and testing to acceptance criteria.
• Clear understanding of user stories.
• Hands‑on experience using natural language tools such as Gherkin for Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) testing. BDD experience may be replaced with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging test automation failures.
• Attention to detail and ability to multi‑task.Motivated and willing to work on a collaborative, cross‑functional team.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience in developing and executing automated test cases for web applications using MABL or other automation tool.
• Experience with load testing, including writing test scripts and working with JSON files.
• Experience with API testing and database testing.
• Familiarity with low‑code platforms.
• Ability to work as part of a team and help support other team members within your capacity.

Regards

Vinay S

vinay.s@themesoft