Sowelo Consulting sp. z o.o. sp. k.

Senior QA Engineer

Sowelo Consulting sp. z o.o. sp. k.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇿🇦 South Africa

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Salary

💰 $42,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSHerokuJavaScriptMySQLRSpecRubySDLCSelenium

About the role

  • Define and execute test strategies for new features and enhancements, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure testability, identify risks, and maintain quality gates across the SDLC.
  • Perform manual and exploratory testing across web and mobile platforms, ensuring cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and data integrity; validate third-party integrations (Twilio, SendGrid, Stripe, ChromeData, CarFax) and AWS Aurora MySQL operations.
  • Develop and maintain automated tests using Ruby, RSpec, Capybara, and Selenium, including API and database testing; integrate suites into CI/CD pipelines and support performance testing for scalability.
  • Embed QA practices into development workflows with GitHub, monitor performance and reliability (NewRelic, Airbrake), support security testing (Brakeman), and track quality metrics such as coverage, defects, and release readiness.
  • Manage and maintain test environments on Heroku and AWS, partnering with DevOps for environment provisioning, data management, and assisting with production issue investigation.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance engineering with a strong background in both manual and automated testing
  • Proficiency in Ruby and Ruby-based testing frameworks such as RSpec, Capybara, and Minitest
  • Hands-on experience with automation tools and frameworks including Selenium, Cucumber, and Playwright
  • Solid understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and proven experience in API testing
  • Knowledge of MySQL and AWS Aurora, with experience validating data integrity and performance
  • Practical experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
  • Proficient with Git and experienced with GitHub workflows and best practices
  • Experience testing applications deployed on Heroku and AWS environments
Benefits
  • Flexible work environment (100% remote-friendly)
  • Unlimited PTO

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Quality Assurancemanual testingautomated testingRubyRSpecCapybaraSeleniumAPI testingMySQLAWS Aurora
Soft skills
collaborationrisk identificationquality assurancemonitoringdata managementproblem-solving