Senior QA Engineer

Makai Labs

Senior QA Engineer ensuring product reliability and performance at Makai, a tech company using AI for enterprise automation. Engage in comprehensive testing and improve QA methodologies within a remote team.

Posted 7/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇾 UruguaySeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in End-to-End Quality Ownership, including functional and regression testing, API and backend testing, and defect management. Proficient in modern QA methodologies and capable of mentoring team members while advocating for process improvements.

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5+ Years QA ExperienceAPI Testing with PostmanSQL Query ProficiencyTest Automation with CypressAgile Methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

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Hard Skills

Functional TestingRegression TestingIntegration TestingExploratory TestingTest Design TechniquesSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Testing Life Cycle (STLC)Database TestingDefect ManagementTest Strategy Design

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsAttention to DetailStrong CommunicationCollaboration SkillsMentorship

Tools & Technologies

PostmanCypressPlaywrightSeleniumSQL ServerPostgreSQLMySQL

Industry Keywords

Quality AssuranceWeb ApplicationsAgile FrameworksContinuous ImprovementQuality Best Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptMySQLPostgresPythonSDLCSeleniumSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

End-to-End Quality Ownership: Manage the entire QA lifecycle - from analyzing requirements and user strories for testability, to designing test strategies and checklists, executing tests, and reporting on release readiness.
In-Depth Functional & Regression Testing: Perform through manual functional, integration, regression, compatibility, and exploratory testing to ensure the highest quality of every release.
API & Backend Testing: Conduct extensive API testing using tools like Postman and validate complex business logic by writing and executing SQL queries to ensure data integrity and backend functionality.
Defect Management: Identify, document, isolate, and track bugs with a high level of detail and clarity throughout their lifecycle. Work closely with developers to facilitate resolution and verify fixes.
Process Advocacy & Improvement: Champion quality best practices, provide meaningful feedback on requirements during grooming sessions, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Proactively share knowledge and best practices, help fellow team members enhance their testing skills, an contribute to a strong, company-wide culture of quality.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional QA Experience, with a proven track record in testing complex web applications.
Expertise in Modern QA methodologies, test design techniques (e.g., equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis), and mastery of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Testing Life Cycle (STLC) within Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban)
Proficiency in database testing: Practical experience writing complex SQL queries to validate backend behavior, ensure data integrity, and perform data/setup/teardown for test scenarios in relational databases (e.g SQServer, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
Foundational test automation experience with tools like Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium
Ability to read and understand code in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python to support test analysis and future automation initiatives.
Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and a methodical approach to testing.
Fluent English (written and spoken)
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with Developers, Product Owners and QA Team.

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