QA Engineer for GR8 Platform Team

Why this role exists:

Ensure the high quality, reliability, and stability of software products through thorough manual testing and defect management. Drive quality assurance throughout the entire software development lifecycle while leveraging modern AI-powered tools to optimize testing efficiency.

What you’ll drive:

Test execution & quality assurance

• Create, maintain, and execute detailed test cases and test scenarios.

• Perform functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and user acceptance testing.

• Validate software against functional and non-functional requirements.

• Verify bug fixes and ensure high-quality releases.

• Support performance and load testing activities where required.

• Take end-to-end ownership of feature quality throughout the SDLC — from requirement analysis and test planning to post-release validation.

• Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate test design, requirements analysis, defect investigation, documentation, and other day-to-day QA activities.

Defect management

• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects.

• Investigate issues and provide clear reproduction steps.

• Work closely with developers to resolve defects efficiently.

• Analyze recurring issues and recommend preventive improvements.

Collaboration & delivery

• Partner with developers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders throughout the SDLC.

• Contribute to test planning and ensure comprehensive test coverage.

• Communicate testing progress, risks, and quality metrics clearly.

• Support release readiness by validating critical functionality.

Process improvement

• Improve testing documentation, QA processes, and testing methodologies.

• Contribute to the development of reusable test scenarios and frameworks.

• Help increase testing efficiency through better tooling, AI adoption, and automation collaboration.

• Share knowledge and support junior QA engineers in their professional growth.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

Must-have

• 3+ years of experience in Manual QA or Software Testing within the FinTech domain.

• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and SDLC.

• Experience with functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing.

• Experience working with bug tracking and test management tools.

• Good understanding of relational databases and ability to write SQL queries.

• Experience testing web applications and APIs.

• Familiarity with Git and modern development workflows.

• Understanding of client-server architecture, REST APIs, and distributed systems.

• Hands-on experience using AI-powered tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot or similar) to improve testing efficiency and optimize QA workflows.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced product environment, balancing multiple priorities and adapting quickly to changing requirements.

• Upper-Intermediate English or higher, with fluency in Ukrainian or Russian.

Nice-to-have

• Experience testing mobile applications (iOS and Android).

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments.

• Basic knowledge of automation testing tools and scripting.

• Experience with log monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Kibana, Sentry).

• Experience working with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka or similar).

• Understanding of microservices architecture.

• Experience in high-load or product-based environments.