Software QA Engineer

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Software QA Engineer

Position overview

• This role will be placed with a global software company that builds products used by enterprise IT and security teams to manage, automate, and monitor network security policies across firewalls, cloud environments, and other parts of the network.

• As a Software QA Engineer, you will support both manual and automated testing across UI, API, and backend functionality. You will work closely with developers, product managers, and other QA team members to understand requirements, identify edge cases, reproduce defects, and help ensure product quality.

• This is a strong opportunity for a junior engineer with solid coding ability, a structured QA mindset, and the motivation to grow into a technical QA automation role within a global engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Write, execute, and maintain automated and manual test cases for UI, API, and backend functionality.

• Contribute to and help maintain test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipeline integrations.

• Reproduce, document, and track defects clearly using Jira.

• Collaborate with developers and product managers to understand requirements and flag edge cases early.

• Monitor test runs, triage failures, and update test documentation.

• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives.