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.