Manual QA Engineer

Who we are

We’re Fluxon, a product development team founded by ex-Googlers and startup founders. We offer full-cycle software development from ideation and design to build and go-to-market. We partner with visionary companies, ranging from fast-growing startups to tech leaders like Google and Stripe, to turn bold ideas into products with the power to transform the world.

Our HQ is in San Francisco, but this position is fully remote with a strong preference for a candidate based in Portugal, preferably in Lisbon.

Who you are

You are a quality enthusiast with an ability to build QA processes for any sort of app. You can work at any company in the world, but you choose us because we’re always striving to innovate. You are brilliant, yet humble. You love working in a team, because you believe the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You have high integrity, strong work ethic and attention to detail. You are organized and self-motivated, plus you enjoy life outside of work.

If this sounds like you, we would love to chat!

Key responsibilities

• Define end-to-end test strategy and processes for entire products, including suggesting appropriate tools to use
• Plan and execute testing for quality and conformance to specifications and deliverables
• Assist project teams by tracking, documenting, and reporting on quality initiatives
• Investigate reports of product quality issues and work collaboratively towards resolution
• Be your products’ quality champion and evangelize QA best practices within your teams and our clients
• Engage directly with our clients to understand requirements, define what quality means, and debug complex issues
• Learn fast while working independently and reliably

Qualifications

• Experienced QA engineer generalist with a dedication to product quality, familiar and open to a wide range of technologies
• 3+ years of hands-on experience testing web or mobile applications, as well as APIs
• 2+ years of experience in setting up testing processes from scratch, building and maintaining test documentation
• Strong understanding of client - server architecture
• Strong understanding of testing theory and SDLC
• Basic understanding of CI/CD
• Basic understanding of networking stack (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP(S), SSH, etc)
• Upper-Intermediate level of written and spoken English
• Basic scripting experience (any modern programming language)
• Pro-active personality, with a willingness to learn and contribute to test automation
• Familiarity with task estimation

What we offer

• Exposure to high-profile Bay Area startups and enterprise companies
• Competitive salary
• Fully remote work with flexible hours
• Flexible paid time off
• Profit-sharing program
• Healthcare
• Gym membership and tuition reimbursement
• Hands-on career development