QA Engineer

The role

The QA Engineer will test the Pod trading experience across web and mobile, using the product as traders do. The role covers new features and releases, with a focus on finding what breaks before it reaches users. Over time, the role also includes automating repeated pre-release checks.

What you will do

• Test new Pod features and releases before they ship.
• Run exploratory testing on trading screens, order books, charts, account pages and onboarding flows.
• Check that order status, fills, balances, positions, fees and transaction history are correct.
• Test across browsers, devices and wallets, including slow or unstable connections.
• Build and own Pod's automated test suite, including end-to-end tests for key user flows.
• Write clear bug reports with steps to reproduce, expected and actual behavior, and supporting evidence.
• Work with engineers to get bugs fixed, verified and released.
• Test wallet connections, deposits, withdrawals, order placement and cancellation, and market creation.
• Work with engineering and product teams to define test cases and maintain the release checklist.
• Automate the checks that repeat before every release.

Required qualifications

• Experience in QA or software testing for web or mobile products.
• Strong manual and exploratory testing skills.
• Ability to write code in TypeScript, JavaScript or Python for test automation and scripting.
• Close attention to detail, especially with numbers, balances and state changes.
• Comfortable using browser dev tools to inspect network requests and console errors.
• Experience with test automation, especially end-to-end or browser tests.
• Strong ownership of release quality, including reproducing issues, finding causes and retesting fixes.

Nice to have

• Experience testing trading platforms, exchanges, brokerages or fintech apps.
• Experience testing token bridging, deposits and withdrawals, or familiarity with how assets move on and off a chain.
• Personal experience trading crypto, perpetual futures or other derivatives.
• Familiarity with crypto wallets (MetaMask, WalletConnect, embedded wallets) and on-chain transactions.
• Experience with tools like Postman, Dappwright and Anvil.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plus meaningful token/equity upside.
• Ownership of QA and release quality from day one.
• A high-impact role on a small engineering team.
• The chance to shape the quality of a new trading platform and market infrastructure.
• Occasional travel for team offsites and crypto industry events.

About the company

Pod Network is building a Layer-1 for open markets, where orders clear in frequent batch auctions so the best price wins. It is backed by a16z crypto, 1kx, BBF, and Lemniscap.