Software QA Engineer

We’re looking for a Software Quality Assurance Engineer with experience in web and mobile testing to join our team! In this role, you will work alongside Product, Engineering, and other members of the QA team. Responsibilities : Participate in both formal meetings and informal conversations with colleagues to gain a thorough understanding of the product's functionality and overarching purpose, and utilize insights to develop comprehensive test documentation and strategy. Use documentation and networking tools to determine whether bugs are caused by the server or client. Identify and document clear steps to reproduce bugs and work with the team to prioritize test cases. Collaborate closely with Developers, Product Managers, and QA team to clarify inconsistencies between specifications, test cases, and product behavior. Make recommendations to improve product reliability, performance, and quality assurance best practices and processes Help expand and improve automation scripts created in Cypress frameworks. Investigate, troubleshoot, and enter reproducible application issues into Jira. Investigate and evaluate new testing technologies and products for web and mobile applications. Qualifications : 3+ years professional experience of web and mobile testing for a consumer-facing product. Experience with defect tracking software (Jira). Strong manual testing experience required. Automation background in Cypress or Selenium a strong plus. Experience in mobile automation with Masestro, Appium, Espresso (Android), or XCUItest (iOS) a nice to have. Familiar with maintaining and updating test plans / test suites in a very fast paced feature changing environment. Ability to think outside of the box and beyond the obvious to uncover behind-the-scenes type bugs. Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose a resolution. BS / MS in computer science or equivalent work experience. Location : Menlo Park, CA Type : Contract Duration : 12+ months, with possibility of extension Pay Rate : $45-55 / hr (DOE) No 3rd party agencies or C2C