Quality Assurance Tester

Kardow; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kardow is seeking a detail-oriented Manual Tester to join its QA team. The role focuses on designing and executing test cases, validating functionality, and ensuring software meets business and technical requirements before release.

You will collaborate with developers, analysts, and product owners, participate in sprint ceremonies, and contribute to testing strategies, documentation, and quality assurance processes.

Remote option for USA, 2+ years experience required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of manual software testing experience.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC and STLC processes.
• Experience creating and executing test cases and test scenarios.
• Experience with functional and regression testing.
• Experience with defect tracking tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements to develop effective test scenarios.
• Create and maintain detailed test cases, scripts, and data.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, and UI tests.
• Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams throughout sprints.
• Support UAT and production-release validation.

Skills

Test case design

SDLC/STLC

Agile/Scrum

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Distributed teams collaboration

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title: Manual Tester / QA Tester

Job Type: Full-Time / Contract

Location: Remote – USA

Experience: 2+ Years

Work Authorization: Open / As specified by client

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented Manual Tester to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and executing test cases, identifying defects, validating application functionality, and ensuring software meets business and technical requirements before release.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business and technical requirements to develop effective test scenarios.
• Create and maintain detailed test cases, test scripts, and test data.
• Execute manual tests including functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and sanity testing.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects.
• Reproduce issues and provide clear defect documentation to development teams.
• Perform end-to-end testing across web and application platforms.
• Validate application functionality against business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Work closely with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and other QA engineers.
• Perform regression testing after defect fixes and application enhancements.
• Conduct UI, usability, compatibility, and cross-browser testing.
• Validate APIs using tools such as Postman when required.
• Maintain testing documentation, test results, and defect reports.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production-release validation.
• Contribute to improving QA processes, testing standards, and documentation.

Required Skills

• 2+ years of experience in Manual Software Testing / Quality Assurance.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.
• Experience creating and executing test cases and test scenarios.
• Strong knowledge of functional and regression testing.
• Experience with defect management and tracking tools.
• Hands‑on experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed and cross-functional teams.