Senior QA Engineer - Backend & API Data Validation

Bowhead Specialty; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead Specialty is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with strong backend data validation and RESTful API testing skills. The role focuses on ensuring data integrity between application and database layers, and leading QA efforts across the software lifecycle.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in software QA, extensive SQL experience, and proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger. Collaboration across teams and strong problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in Software Quality Assurance.
• 5+ years writing and executing complex SQL queries for data validation and backend testing.
• 2+ years testing RESTful APIs with tools like Postman or Swagger.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies and SDLC.
• Experience with defect management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, cases, and strategies for front-end and back-end apps.
• Lead QA efforts across the SDLC.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects to resolution.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

Skills

SQL data validation

RESTful API testing

SDLC

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Postman

Swagger

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Bowhead Specialty is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with strong backend data validation and RESTful API testing skills. The role focuses on ensuring data integrity between application and database layers, and leading QA efforts across the software lifecycle.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in software QA, extensive SQL experience, and proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger. Collaboration across teams and strong problem-solving skills are essential.