This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Middle+ General QA Engineer based in Portugal.
This role offers the opportunity to strengthen quality across web and hybrid applications within a fast-paced technology environment.
You will take ownership of quality activities throughout the development lifecycle, from early feature stages through release.
The position combines hands-on manual testing with test documentation, API validation, log analysis, and test automation support.
You will validate user experiences across desktop and mobile browsers while ensuring functional reliability and consistent product quality.
Working closely with a multinational engineering team, you will help establish strong quality practices and a culture of continuous improvement.
Your analytical mindset and attention to detail will be essential in identifying risks, investigating issues, and supporting successful releases.
The role is also well suited to a QA professional looking to broaden their expertise and grow toward a generalist quality engineering profile.
Accountabilities
- Own the quality assurance process within the assigned team, contributing from the earliest stages of feature development through final release.
- Promote and strengthen a quality-focused culture by collaborating with engineers and other stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
- Perform comprehensive manual testing, including functional, ad-hoc, acceptance, exploratory, and regression testing across desktop and mobile browsers.
- Conduct UI/UX testing of web and hybrid applications, ensuring consistent functionality, usability, and behavior across supported platforms and browsers.
- Design, maintain, and execute detailed test cases, checklists, and other test documentation aligned with project requirements and QA best practices.
- Create clear and actionable bug reports, documenting reproduction steps, expected and actual results, and relevant technical information.
- Support the development and maintenance of automated tests, contributing to broader test coverage and more efficient quality processes.
- Perform cross-browser and cross-device testing using cloud-based testing services such as BrowserStack.
- Test application APIs using Postman or comparable tools and validate client-server interactions.
- Analyze application and system logs using Kibana or similar monitoring and log-analysis platforms to investigate defects and identify root causes.
- Collaborate with development and product teams to identify quality risks, communicate findings, and support timely issue resolution.
- Provide QA support throughout release processes, helping teams deliver stable and reliable product updates.
Requirements
- 3+ years of commercial experience in software testing or quality assurance, preferably in a web-based product environment.
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, testing processes, tools, and industry best practices.
- Proven experience creating and maintaining test documentation, including test cases, checklists, test scenarios, and detailed bug reports.
- Hands-on experience with task management tools such as JIRA and test management platforms such as TestRail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with exceptional attention to detail.
- Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, XML, and JSON, with basic knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Strong experience performing cross-browser testing across both desktop and mobile environments.
- Practical experience with cloud-based testing platforms such as BrowserStack.
- Good understanding of client-server architecture and experience performing API testing using Postman or similar tools.
- Experience analyzing application logs with Kibana or comparable solutions.
- Upper-Intermediate English proficiency, with the ability to communicate effectively with international colleagues in English.
- Experience with hybrid applications, Progressive Web Apps (PWA), and native mobile applications is a plus.
- Familiarity with GitLab, Playwright, or WebdriverIO (WDIO) is an advantage.
- Interest in incorporating AI-powered tools into everyday testing and quality workflows.
- Strong motivation to develop broader expertise and grow into a general QA engineering role.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multinational engineering environment while taking ownership of assigned responsibilities.
Benefits
- Opportunity to take ownership of quality throughout the full software development lifecycle.
- Exposure to a broad range of testing disciplines, including UI/UX, functional, exploratory, API, cross-browser, and mobile testing.
- Opportunity to expand from manual testing into automation and broader general QA responsibilities.
- Collaboration with a multinational team of engineers and technology professionals.
- Exposure to modern QA tools and technologies, including BrowserStack, Postman, Kibana, Playwright, and WebdriverIO.
- Opportunity to incorporate emerging AI tools into testing workflows and develop modern quality engineering practices.
- Strong potential for professional growth toward a broader General QA Engineer profile.
- An environment that encourages analytical thinking, continuous learning, and ownership of product quality.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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