QA Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• Job Description QA Engineer

  Publication Management System

  Role Overview

  We are seeking a detail-oriented QA Engineerto ensure the quality reliability and usability of a modern publication management system. This role will be responsible for validating end-to-end functionality across user interfaces APIs integrations and data workflows. The QA Engineer will work closely with developers architects and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality releases throughout the development lifecycle.

  Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans test cases and test scenarios for functional regression integration and user acceptance testing.
• Validate end-to-end workflows including publication ingestion metadata management curation reporting and integrations.
• Perform manual testing across UI API and backend components.
• Design develop and maintain automated test scriptsfor UI and API testing.
• Participate in requirements and design reviews to ensure testability and quality considerations.
• Identify document and track defects and work closely with development teams for resolution.
• Validate data accuracy integrity and reporting outputs.
• Support testing across multiple environments and deployment phases.
• Ensure non-functional requirements such as usability accessibility performance and security are addressed as needed.
• What Success Looks Like

• High-quality releases with minimal production defects.
• Comprehensive test coverage across UI APIs and data layers.
• Early identification of issues through proactive testing.
• Strong collaboration with development and business teams.
• Continuous improvement of testing processes and automation coverage.
• Nice-to-Have

• Experience with performance and load testing tools.
• Exposure to accessibility testing (WCAG).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test integration.
• Familiarity with security testing concepts and data governance requirements.
• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing greenfield applicationsand phased delivery models.
• Familiarity with publication management systems research information systems.
• Knowledge of scholarly metadata standards such as DOI ORCID MeSH PubMed or similar.
• Experience validating reports dashboards and analytics.
• Background in research healthcare academic or life sciences environments.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g. Selenium Cypress Playwright Postman or similar).
• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g. Jira TestRail).
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test coverage.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience as a QA Engineertesting enterprise-scale web applications.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies tools and best practices.
• Experience testing:
  • Web-based user interfaces
  • RESTful APIs
  • Database-driven applications