Senior Manual QA Engineer — Own Quality of Web Apps

smartstate; New Jersey; On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k)

Generous PTO

In-office breakfasts and lunches

Job summary

Smart State Inc. in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is seeking a Manual QA Engineer to become a quality advocate within our product and engineering teams.

You will focus on thorough testing of web applications to ensure functionality, usability, and performance meet our standards and regulatory expectations. This hands-on role offers ownership of test strategy and execution in a fast-paced environment, with opportunities to improve processes, strengthen QA practices, and contribute to successful product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manual software testing experience.
• Solid knowledge of testing processes, methodologies and industry standards.
• Hands-on experience testing web projects and user-facing applications.
• Experience defining testing scope and structured testing approaches.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking.
• Basic SQL knowledge for data validation.
• Proven experience creating and maintaining test documentation.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of web applications to verify functionality, usability, and performance.
• Define the scope of testing for new features and releases.
• Create, maintain, and execute test documentation (plans, cases, checklists).
• Log, track, and re-test defects with clear reproduction steps and status updates.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements.
• Review specifications and designs from QA and end-user perspectives.
• Contribute to continual QA process improvements.

Skills

Manual testing

Web testing

SQL basics

JIRA experience

Communication skills

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Smart State Inc. in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is seeking a Manual QA Engineer to become a quality advocate within our product and engineering teams.

You will focus on thorough testing of web applications to ensure functionality, usability, and performance meet our standards and regulatory expectations. This hands-on role offers ownership of test strategy and execution in a fast-paced environment, with opportunities to improve processes, strengthen QA practices, and contribute to successful product