Manual QA Tester – Agile and API Focus

Quick Facts

• Hybrid work (Kraków): 6 days/month in the office, 4 days remote
• Role: Manual QA Tester – Agile and API Focus

Description

Join an Agile, DevSecOps environment delivering quality software that meets security and performance standards. You will collaborate in a global cybersecurity function, ensuring acceptance criteria are testable and testing deliverables are completed on time.

Responsibilities

• Manage backlogs and define new requests with product owners, including creating clear and testable acceptance criteria.
• Drive testing phases and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery.
• Develop and maintain manual test artifacts, metrics, and environments aligned with project objectives.
• Participate in the creation of test strategies and plans covering application components.
• Provide detailed test scenarios supporting automation and performance testing initiatives.
• Analyze application logs to identify exceptions, perform initial triage, and report bugs.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve consensus and progress on testing deliverables.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Manual Tester within an agile software development environment.
• Strong knowledge of software testing theory and experience in testing web applications and REST APIs.
• Proven ability to design and execute regression, performance, and functional tests.
• Experience defining Agile delivery artifacts such as epics, stories, and tasks.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of managing workshops independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Agile/DevSecOps tools (JIRA, Confluence, GIT).
• Fluent English (spoken, read, written).
• Experience working with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of API development, REST/HTTP protocols, and application logs for triaging.
• Familiarity with testing tools like QTest, Tricentis, Zephyr and governance, risk & compliance processes.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model (Kraków): 6 days/month in the office, 4 days remote.
• Opportunity to contribute to cybersecurity solutions in a global organization.

Eligibility

Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.