Quality Assurance Engineer

The role

The QA Engineer will identify risks, refine acceptance criteria, and shape test strategy. They will build and maintain automated test suites and use AI-assisted testing approaches to ensure software quality.

What you will do

• Engage with requirements and acceptance criteria to identify gaps and edge cases.
• Contribute to design and refinement discussions to flag testability and quality risks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define test objectives, scope, and approach.
• Write and maintain automated test suites using TypeScript and Puppeteer.
• Use AI tooling for test design, test data generation, edge-case identification, and debugging.
• Run security testing tools and accessibility checks.
• Maintain quality gates in the CI/CD pipeline.
• Monitor production alerts and dashboards post-deployment.
• Document defects with detailed descriptions and reproduction steps.
• Track, analyse, and report on feature-level quality metrics.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3–8 years of experience in software quality engineering in a fast-paced development environment
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Puppeteer, and third-party API integration
• Ability to write automated test suites across UI, API, contract, and integration layers
• Experience working in CI/CD environments
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and experience running security testing tools
• Experience with accessibility tooling and manual a11y validation techniques
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and agile/scrum methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated use of AI tooling to support test design, data generation, or debugging

Nice to have

• Experience with cross-browser and cross-platform testing
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior QA engineers
• Familiarity with observability tooling and production monitoring dashboards
• ISTQB Advanced — Test Analyst or Technical Test Analyst
• Postman API Certification
• Selenium / Playwright / Cypress certification
• ISTQB Specialist — AI Testing or Security Tester

About the company

Particle41 is seeking a QA Engineer (IC2) to join their engineering team. They value ELITE values: Empowering, Leadership, Innovation, Teamwork, Excellence.