Quality Assurance Engineer

Remote Leverage; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote Leverage is seeking a QA Engineer to join our US-based team. You will own QA end to end for internal tools, review changes, and verify deployments to ensure reliability and minimize risk.

The role involves manual and exploratory testing of web applications, reading TypeScript and Python code, and performing data checks with SQL/PostgreSQL and API testing with Postman. Fluency in English and strong cross-time-zone communication are required.

Qualifications

• +2 years of experience in a QA Engineer role or related role.
• Fluent English, both verbal and written.
• Stable internet connection, laptop, and headset.
• High level of motivation and persistence.
• Energetic and upbeat.
• Willing to listen to feedback and improve.

Responsibilities

• Review pull requests before deployment and assess risk.
• Verify changes after deployment to ensure proper functionality.
• Own QA end to end by defining what 'working' means for each feature.
• Write and maintain test cases, regression checklists, and QA docs.
• Reproduce, isolate, and document bugs with exact steps and severity.
• Define and enforce pre-deployment and post-deployment verification bars.
• Collaborate with tools developers to improve testability and reduce risk.
• Track defects to closure and confirm fixes in production.
• Communicate risk and status clearly to engineers and stakeholders.

Skills

QA Engineer experience

Code review

Effective communicator

Manual testing

Exploratory testing

Education

+2 years QA experience

Tools

TypeScript

Python

Postman

SQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Remote Leverage is a leading recruiting agency based in Florida, specializing in outsourcing and offshoring talent from Latin America and around the world for U.S.-based businesses. You'll join our team to ensure the quality of our internal tools through rigorous testing and validation.

Responsibilities

• Review pull requests before deployment as a second set of eyes, scrutinizing changes in proportion to their risk.
• Verify changes after deployment to ensure they function as intended and do not disrupt adjacent features.
• Own QA end to end by understanding the purpose and functionality of each tool and defining what 'working' means for each feature.
• Write and maintain comprehensive test cases, regression checklists, and QA documentation to ensure repeatable coverage.
• Reproduce, isolate, and document bugs clearly, providing exact steps and severity to aid engineers in resolving issues.
• Define and enforce the pre-deployment review bar and post-deployment verification checklist, blocking releases that do not meet standards.
• Collaborate with tools developers on testability, advocating for changes that enhance verifiability and minimize risk.
• Track defects to closure and confirm fixes in production to ensure issues are genuinely resolved.
• Communicate effectively with engineers and non-technical stakeholders across time zones, clearly conveying risk and status.

Preferred skills & Tools

• Background as a developer who transitioned into QA or a QA professional with solid code review skills.
• Experience in manual and exploratory testing of web applications, including forms and workflows.
• Proficiency in reading and reviewing code in TypeScript and Python.
• Familiarity with SQL and Postgres for data verification and migration checks.
• Experience with API testing using tools like Postman.

Qualifications

• +2 years of experience in a QA Engineer role or related role.
• Fluent English, both verbal and written.
• Stable internet connection, laptop, and headset.
• High level of motivation and persistence.
• Energetic and upbeat.
• Willing to listen to feedback and improve.