Remote Application QA Tester — Detail-Driven

Simera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Simera in San Francisco is seeking a detail-oriented Application Tester to evaluate software applications and ensure they meet business requirements and deliver a reliable user experience.

You will execute manual and automated tests, review requirements, create test cases, and document defects, collaborating with developers, product managers, and designers.

This role emphasizes quality and problem solving, with opportunities to improve testing processes and contribute to release validation.

Qualifications

• Experience as Application Tester or QA Tester or similar role.
• Hands-on testing of software applications.
• Experience creating and executing manual test cases.
• Familiarity with Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into test scenarios.
• Experience testing web, mobile, or desktop applications.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual and automated tests to validate functionality.
• Review requirements, user stories, and specifications to identify testing needs.
• Create and maintain test cases, test scenarios, test scripts, and testing documentation.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, usability, and exploratory testing.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track application defects.
• Provide clear reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, and supporting evidence for reported issues.
• Retest resolved defects and perform regression testing after application updates.
• Validate application functionality against business and technical requirements.
• Perform cross-browser, cross-platform, mobile, and device testing when required.
• Test application interfaces, workflows, integrations, and data flows.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to investigate and resolve issues.
• Monitor testing results and communicate quality risks and concerns.
• Support release testing, deployment validation, and production verification activities.
• Maintain accurate records of test results, defects, and testing progress.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, tools, and application quality.

Skills

Testing principles

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Test case design

Defect documentation

Bug tracking tools

Communication skills

Independent work

Cross-functional work

Time management

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Azure DevOps

Job description

Simera in San Francisco is seeking a detail-oriented Application Tester to evaluate software applications and ensure they meet business requirements and deliver a reliable user experience.

You will execute manual and automated tests, review requirements, create test cases, and document defects, collaborating with developers, product managers, and designers.

This role emphasizes quality and problem solving, with opportunities to improve testing processes and contribute to release validation.