Remote Senior QA Analyst – Quality Leader

Braintrust; United States; Remote; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrine Development is seeking a Senior Software Quality Analyst to ensure software quality across the entire SDLC. The role focuses on embedding testing practices early and reducing risk by collaborating with cross-functional teams.

You will lead end-to-end testing efforts, review requirements, design tests, and mentor junior QA staff while contributing to governance and compliance. This remote role centers on Costa Rica with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or related roles.
• Strong ability to analyze requirements and validate business processes.
• Experience creating detailed test documentation and traceability.
• Familiarity with API, database, and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Review PRDs, Figma files, technical specs to ensure clarity and testability.
• Identify gaps in requirements and work with stakeholders to resolve them.
• Execute end-to-end testing: functional, integration, regression, system, exploratory.
• Develop QA validation plans and test cases aligned with risks.
• Execute manual tests, log defects, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and DevOps across the SDLC.
• Provide early feedback on design and support shift-left testing.
• Participate in sprints, releases, and retrospectives.
• Mentor junior QA and promote QA best practices.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to continuous QA process improvement.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Test documentation

SDLC knowledge

Agile methodologies

API testing

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Job description

Shrine Development is seeking a Senior Software Quality Analyst to ensure software quality across the entire SDLC. The role focuses on embedding testing practices early and reducing risk by collaborating with cross-functional teams.

You will lead end-to-end testing efforts, review requirements, design tests, and mentor junior QA staff while contributing to governance and compliance. This remote role centers on Costa Rica with global collaboration.