Uphold Inc.

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Uphold Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Braga • 🇵🇹 Portugal

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CypressDistributed Systems

About the role

  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with the Engineering team using an agile mindset.
  • Review and contribute to requirements, specifications and technical design documents, including REST API contracts and flows.
  • Follow product development from conception to production, ensuring reliable behavior across distributed backend and API-driven components.
  • Write test specifications and scenarios, performing continuous manual and exploratory testing across UI and API layers.
  • Design and execute end-to-end API tests validating business logic, authentication, error handling, idempotency, and webhook/asynchronous behaviors.
  • Record defects clearly so they can be reproduced and resolved efficiently.
  • Create logs and documentation for testing phases, defects, and API test outcomes.
  • Identify areas for improvement to enhance product and API reliability.
  • Help troubleshoot issues across frontend, backend services, and API integrations.
  • Contribute to the growth of the automation framework, including automated REST API test coverage.
  • Ensure final products and APIs meet requirements and deliver a predictable, secure user experience.
  • Create and improve QA policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 8+ years of QA/testing experience, including designing scenarios, reporting defects, and validating distributed systems or APIs.
  • Strong experience testing REST APIs with tools such as Postman or Bruno, including validation of contracts, business rules, error responses, authentication (OAuth2/JWT), and idempotency.
  • Experience testing asynchronous processes such as webhooks or event-driven flows.
  • Ability to automate API and functional tests using Newman, Postman collections, Cypress, or similar frameworks.
  • Skilled in exploratory testing and critical thinking.
  • Ability to prioritise issues seen by multiple users and assess quality focus areas based on product context.
  • High regard for safety standards, quality control, and data integrity.
  • Experience working in agile/lean environments.
  • Fluent written and oral English skills with excellent communication abilities.
  • Meticulous attention to detail and strong analytical/problem-solving skills.
  • Passionate about breaking things to improve reliability while ensuring we build the best products on the market.
Benefits
  • Annual bonus program based on individual, team and company performance.
  • Home office stipend for a productive setup.
  • Generous PTO, healthcare, and employee assistance programs.
  • Engaging events and celebrations.
  • Well-stocked office kitchen with a foodie culture.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
QA testingREST API testingautomated testingexploratory testingtest specificationsdefect reportingAPI test designvalidation of business logicerror handlingasynchronous process testing
Soft skills
collaborationcritical thinkingattention to detailanalytical skillscommunicationproblem-solvingprioritizationagile mindsetmeticulousnessquality focus