Full Stack QA Engineer

Job Description
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Full Stack QA Engineer to guide quality assurance across several Scrum teams. This is a hybrid role: you will mentor QA engineers, shape QA strategy, and stay hands-on with testing to keep our releases stable and our codebase healthy.

What You’ll Do

• End-to-End Quality Ownership: Participate in the full testing lifecycle — from test design to release validation — across frontend, backend, and API layers.
• Automation Development: Design and maintain automated tests in TypeScript (Playwright, Jest, or similar). Ensure test coverage for UI, API, and integration flows.
• Observability & Logs: Actively work with logs, metrics, and tracing tools (e.g., Kibana, Datadog, Sentry) to identify, reproduce, and debug issues in complex distributed systems.
• Performance Testing: Design and execute load and performance tests using tools like k6 or JMeter, providing clear analysis and recommendations.
• API Testing: Validate APIs using Postman, Swagger, or custom TypeScript scripts. Ensure contract consistency and backward compatibility.
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, DevOps, and product managers to ensure smooth CI/CD releases and improve release observability.
• Quality Metrics: Contribute to DORA metrics improvement by detecting bottlenecks early, automating regressions, and maintaining test stability.

How We Work

• Frequent, small releases in a trunk-based CI/CD setup.
• Mix of manual and automated testing with strong focus on data-driven quality.
• Cross-functional collaboration — QA is deeply involved in feature design and deployment reviews.
• Observability and monitoring are part of the testing strategy, not an afterthought.

Must-Haves

• 3+ years of experience in software QA.
• 2+ years writing automated tests in TypeScript (Playwright, Jest, or similar).
• 2+ years in load and performance testing (e.g., k6, JMeter).
• Expertise in API testing and client-server architecture understanding.
• Hands-on experience working with logs and observability systems (ELK, Sentry, Datadog).
• Strong analytical and debugging skills; able to trace complex issues across services.
• Fluent Russian and good English (B2+).

Nice-to-Haves

• Background in accounting or fintech.
• Familiarity with AI tools.
• Experience creating and managing custom mocks or using mock servers.
• Experience designing and visualizing custom QA metrics dashboards in Jira or similar systems (e.g. Allure TestOps).

What we offer:

• Growing international business with 10,000+ subscribers
• Regular performance-based compensation reviews
• 26 days paid time off
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Remote office assistance
• Service years recognition financial reward

ApprovalMax is award-winning B2B software used by businesses around the world to approve bills and expenses. It streamlines the approval process for decision-makers by replacing paper and email approvals with automated workflows. ApprovalMax integrates with platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks Online, and Oracle NetSuite to unlock powerful efficiencies for approvers and finance teams. The company is globally recognized and has won ’Xero App Partner of the Year’ four times since 2020 in different countries.