Senior QA Engineer: Quality at Scale & Automation

Buzz Solutions; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Buzz Solutions in Palo Alto seeks a detail-oriented QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products. You will work with engineering, product, and design teams to validate new features, prevent regressions, and continuously improve testing practices to deliver a high-quality user experience at scale.

The role involves designing test plans, executing tests, building automated frameworks, and collaborating on CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software QA/testing experience.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum lifecycles.
• Experience with manual testing and test case design.
• Proficient with browser DevTools for debugging UI and API issues.
• Familiar with Jira/Linear/GitHub Issues.
• Experience with JIRA workflows, Cucumber, CI pipelines.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with proactive QA mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web applications.
• Perform manual and automated testing across functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps and severity levels.
• Validate fixes and ensure issues are resolved without introducing regressions.
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and CI/CD test pipelines (where applicable).
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release readiness reviews.
• Advocate for quality best practices across the development lifecycle.
• Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and coverage.

Skills

Manual testing

Agile/Scrum

Communication

DevTools debugging

QA mindset

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Linear

GitHub Issues

Cucumber

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Buzz Solutions in Palo Alto seeks a detail-oriented QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products. You will work with engineering, product, and design teams to validate new features, prevent regressions, and continuously improve testing practices to deliver a high-quality user experience at scale.

The role involves designing test plans, executing tests, building automated frameworks, and collaborating on CI/CD pipelines.