Remote QA Engineer | Automation & Quality Advocate

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Health insurance reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a QA Engineer to help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our products. You’ll work closely with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle to test new features, document issues, and improve test coverage.

The ideal candidate has strong manual testing fundamentals, hands-on experience with test automation, and a solid understanding of modern QA practices and software development lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software quality assurance within agile, fast-paced environments.
• Strong expertise in manual testing methodologies, test planning, and test execution.
• Hands-on experience implementing, maintaining, and executing automated tests and testing frameworks.
• Proven experience performing functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, QA processes, and release validation.
• Solid experience with bug-tracking systems, test management tools, and version control platforms.
• Proven experience identifying, documenting, reproducing, and validating software defects.
• Strong understanding of test coverage, regression strategies, and quality assurance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Own testing activities across new features, product improvements, and bug fixes.
• Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual test cases and test scenarios.
• Identify, document, track, and validate bugs throughout the development lifecycle.
• Build and maintain automated tests to improve regression coverage and overall testing efficiency.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across the product.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to understand requirements, identify potential risks, and ensure appropriate test coverage.
• Participate in Agile development processes, including planning, refinement, and release cycles.
• Identify opportunities to improve QA processes, testing practices, and overall product quality.
• Manage testing priorities and communicate blockers, risks, and findings throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

QA expertise in agile

Manual testing

Test automation

Test planning

Bug tracking

Regression testing

Exploratory testing

Agile methodology

Tools

Bug tracking tools

Test management tools

Version control

Job description

micro1 is seeking a QA Engineer to help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our products. You’ll work closely with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle to test new features, document issues, and improve test coverage.

The ideal candidate has strong manual testing fundamentals, hands-on experience with test automation, and a solid understanding of modern QA practices and software development lifecycles.