QA Engineer

Speak

QA Engineer at Speak, handling end-to-end QA for mobile apps and web. Contributing to quality culture and scaling QA with automation for language learning platform.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $112,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidiOS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Test planning and execution
Own QA coverage for 1~2 pods: analyze requirements, write test plans and test cases, execute across iOS, Android, webapp, and backend.
Conduct functional, regression, and design testing. Document and track defects in Qase and Linear
Participate in pod weeklies and collaborate with PMs and Engineers to clarify requirements and catch issues before they reach QA
Risk analysis and release readiness
Assess risk across features and releases: identify what needs the most coverage, what can be deferred, and what's a blocker
Own release candidate sign-off for your pods, with a clear point of view on what's ready to ship and what isn't
Surface patterns in defects and coverage gaps to improve how the team plans and prioritizes QA work
Scale QA intelligently
Identify what's automatable vs. what requires human judgment and act on that distinction
Document execution-ready test cases with clear steps for any outsourced or automated testing scope
Contribute to evaluating and adopting agentic testing tools and AI-powered workflows that reduce manual effort over time
Drive quality culture
Partner with Product, Engineer, and QA on process improvements, coverage gaps, and release readiness
Contribute to QA documentation, standards, and best practices across pods
Bring a continuous improvement mindset: if something is slow or manual and doesn't need to be, fix it

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of QA experience in user-facing mobile apps (iOS and Android required)
Hands-on tester first: you manually test the app, find real bugs, and document them with precision and full context
Strong risk analysis instincts: you know what to test deeply, what to deprioritize, and how to make the call under time pressure
High ownership mindset: you define what good coverage looks like and build toward it without being told
Experience writing structured test plans and test cases from product specs
Experienced using AI tools in your QA workflow: test case generation, automated execution, or agentic testing frameworks, and actively look for ways to apply them to reduce manual effort
Comfortable reading and understanding test scripts; you don’t need to write them from scratch but you can use AI tools to write and improve them without relying on Engineering
Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and release windows are tight
Able to work from SF HQ at least 3 days/week

Benefits

Comp & perks

Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time
Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with
Global in nature
Impact people's lives in a major way

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Hard Skills & Tools

QA testingtest planningtest case writingfunctional testingregression testingdesign testingrisk analysistest automationagentic testingmobile app testing

Soft Skills

ownership mindsetcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementattention to detailadaptabilitytime managementcritical thinkingdecision making