Quality Assurance Intern

Summary

Join Wayfinder, a purpose-driven education technology company, as a Quality Assurance Intern and contribute to the development of high-quality learning tools. This part-time, remote internship offers valuable experience in software QA, working asynchronously with the engineering team. You will execute manual test cases, report results, maintain tests, and communicate across teams. The role focuses on continuous testing and provides opportunities to learn QA processes, web application development, and industry tools. Ideal candidates are current students or recent graduates with an interest in education, QA, or computer science, possessing strong communication and detail-oriented skills. The internship is paid at $20/hour with a flexible schedule and contract length.

Requirements

Current student or recent graduate: This is meant to be a student employment opportunity for those with zero to little work experience in software

Responsibilities

• Execute manual test cases at the end of the US work hours in a test execution platform such as Xray or Zephyr. This includes QA practices such as sanity testing, smoke testing, checklist testing, and regression testing
• Report test results to your lead and write any bug tickets in Jira, our task management system
• Maintain and update tests, including test steps and results in a test case management system such as TestRail or Xray
• Communicate between key teams, including Engineering and Product
• Gain business experience to grow and learn for a future career in Quality Assurance, engineering, or another related field in software
• Learn to work in a growing company with a relatively lean team size, weighing business needs with quality assurance best practices. This includes typical tools such as email, messaging, and video conference. At our company, familiarity with GMail, Slack, Google Meet, and Zoom is useful
• Learn the foundational skills and processes of QA in a software company
• Learn the basics on how web-app development functions, including Software Development Life Cycle, everyday skills around browser developer tools, and a basic understanding of HTML, Javascript, and APIs

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in education, QA, or computer science: Education or software interest related to our company’s products and this role are preferred, but we are open to star performers interested in shifting their career after graduation
• Curiosity: tasks such as finding and reporting bugs means you must have a natural tendency to be curious as to how a system works. Bring an attitude of “how does this work” and “how can I break this” to the company!
• Excellent communication: QA roles often work with different members of the company - the ability to communicate as much as possible with the fewest words and graphics as possible is a key strength. Both listening and telling are strong skill-sets for a successful career in QA
• Detail oriented: QA are involved in verification and validation of software - which require QA teammates to be detail oriented

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• A monthly stipend
• Office buildout stipend
• A retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays and paid time off