QA Engineer

Summary

Join AlphaPoint, a leading financial technology company, as a QA Engineer to contribute to the development and testing of our digital asset trading platform. This 100% remote role involves both manual and automated testing of our front-end, back-end, and mobile applications. You will collaborate with the development team, identify and report defects, and contribute to the optimization of our API functionality. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in automated testing, particularly API testing, and a strong understanding of software testing fundamentals and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with various testing frameworks and relational databases is essential. A passion for blockchain and cryptocurrency is a plus.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining automated test solutions with a focus on API testing
• Experience with scoping, sizing, and overseeing multiple concurrent projects, assessing the appropriate level of risk-based testing, and reviewing team deliverables
• Ability to work on multiple projects and releases, balancing time and effort for successful delivery
• Must have experience with Postman and managing collections
• Knowledge of various testing frameworks: Selenium, Cucumber, Jest, Mocha
• Full understanding of WebSocket, REST, and JSON
• Understanding of Software Testing Fundamentals
• Understanding and practical knowledge of CI/CD
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Node.JS, C#
• Good understanding of relational databases
• Be a team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive attitude
• Be willing to learn new technologies
• Possess good communication and coordination skills and be able to work efficiently under pressure
• Be highly analytical and a problem solver
• Be able to think critically and identify alternative and unexpected workflows

Responsibilities

• Perform manual and automated testing of front-end, back-end, and mobile apps
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities with the internal development and product team
• Identify, record, track, and report on defects found
• Perform thorough regression testing prior to releases
• Collaborate with developers to refine and optimize API functionality
• Execute exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and optimize system performance
• Automate API testing workflows and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve automation test failures in the pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cryptocurrency-related APIs and blockchain services
• Passionate about the Blockchain and Crypto space
• Be a self-starter who is not afraid to ask questions and find the information needed to complete assignments
• Be highly technical

Benefits

100% Remote work opportunity