Remote QA Engineer - API/Automation & Quality Lead

Eliassen Group; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (PHP focus) available for remote, contract-to-hire engagement in the United States. The role emphasizes manual, automation, mobile, API, and database testing with a focus on risk-based approaches and early defect identification.

W2 pay range $40–$50/hr, benefits, and potential conversion to FTE after contract duration. Responsibilities include test planning, risk assessment, and cross-team collaboration to improve coverage and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quality assurance and software testing experience.
• Experience validating REST and SOAP services.
• SQL queries to validate data accuracy and transformations.
• Experience with regression testing and Agile/Scrum.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and prioritization skills.
• Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Insurance testing experience preferred.
• iOS/Android testing experience preferred.
• Familiar with mabl, BrowserStack, Postman, Bruno, Jira, or PractiTest.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and acceptance criteria throughout SDLC/STLC for clarity.
• Create risk-based test strategies, plans, and test cases.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing across web/mobile.
• Identify and track defects; support root-cause analysis and quality improvement.
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, product owners, and stakeholders.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using mabl.

Skills

7+ years QA experience

REST/SOAP testing

SQL queries

Agile / Scrum

Defect management

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring / leadership

Insurance domain

Tools

mabl

BrowserStack

Postman

Bruno

Jira

PractiTest

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (PHP focus) available for remote, contract-to-hire engagement in the United States. The role emphasizes manual, automation, mobile, API, and database testing with a focus on risk-based approaches and early defect identification.

W2 pay range $40–$50/hr, benefits, and potential conversion to FTE after contract duration. Responsibilities include test planning, risk assessment, and cross-team collaboration to improve coverage and