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Software Test Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $36–$36🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Designing and executing test plans, scenarios, and cases for web applications, APIs, databases, and integrated business systems.

Role type

Software Test Engineer

Builds

Production software quality assurance

Domain

Software development / Quality Assurance

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Test planning, defect investigation, regression testing, API validation, data verification, SQL, test case design, exploratory testing, defect documentation, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

Selenium, Java, Jenkins, Git, mobile testing, Postman, REST APIs, Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM

Technologies

Selenium, Java, Jenkins, Git, Postman, Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM

Responsibilities

Analyze requirements, user stories, workflows, and acceptance criteria; Design detailed test scenarios, test cases, test data, and execution plans; Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and exploratory testing; Validate REST APIs using Postman or a comparable testing tool; Execute SQL queries to verify database records and application transactions; Document defects with reproduction steps, logs, screenshots, and supporting evidence; Participate in defect triage, sprint reviews, daily stand-ups, and release discussions; Work with developers to investigate application, API, database, and environment issues; Track test execution, defect status, coverage, and release-readiness risks; Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and documentation.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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