VR & EdTech QA Specialist: Elevate Quality & Testing

Emergent Software; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergent Staffing is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to help ensure the quality, reliability, and usability of virtual reality applications, web platforms, and educational technology products. This role is ideal for someone with a few years of QA experience who enjoys uncovering issues before they reach users and takes pride in delivering high-quality software experiences.

You'll work closely with Product Managers, Developers, Clinical Subject Matter Experts, and fellow QA

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or a related role.
• Strong manual testing skills and a solid understanding of software testing methodologies.
• Experience creating test plans, test cases, and defect documentation.
• Ability to think critically beyond documented requirements and identify edge cases, risks, and unexpected user behaviors.
• Experience working within established QA processes and development workflows.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to learn new tools, technologies, and business domains quickly.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual testing for web applications, platform features, and virtual reality experiences.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, and user acceptance testing.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and test cases that validate business requirements and identify potential edge cases.
• Investigate and reproduce reported issues, documenting findings with clear and actionable detail.
• Create and maintain detailed bug reports, including reproduction steps, expected results, actual results, and supporting evidence.
• Validate bug fixes and confirm resolution prior to release.
• Participate in release readiness activities, testing cycles, and quality sign-offs.
• Contribute to test automation efforts and help improve overall testing efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously enhance product quality and user experience.
• Help maintain testing documentation, standards, and quality assurance best practices.

Skills

Manual testing

QA methodologies

Test planning

Edge case testing

Communication

Agile development

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Linear

Job description

Emergent Staffing is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to help ensure the quality, reliability, and usability of virtual reality applications, web platforms, and educational technology products. This role is ideal for someone with a few years of QA experience who enjoys uncovering issues before they reach users and takes pride in delivering high-quality software experiences.

You'll work closely with Product Managers, Developers, Clinical Subject Matter Experts, and fellow QA