Quality Assurance Application Tester

**Job Ref:** TE0191 **Category:** Information Technology **Department:** INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY **Location:** 50 Water Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004 **Job Type:** Regular **Employment Type:** Full\-Time **Work Arrangement:** Remote **Salary Range:** $80,000\.00 \- $90,000\.00 l'he QA Tester is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of web\-based, desktop, and enterprise applications through manual and automated testing. This role works closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners to validate functional requirements, identify defects early, and support continuous delivery through test automation and Cl/CD pipelines. **Scope of Role and Responsabilities** * Analyze business and technical requirements to develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenanos * Execute functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end\-to\-end testing across web, desktop, and enterprise applications * Perform manual testing for desktop workflows and scenarios where automation is not feasible * Validate user interfaces, business logic, and backend data * Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using automation tools * Identify and prioritize test cases suitable for automation * Execute automated test suites through Cl/CD pipelines and scheduled runs * Identify, document, track, and retest defects across web and desktop environments * Collaborate with development teams to analyze root cause and validate fixes * Ensure defects are resolved and verified prior to release * Support Cl/CD pipelines by integrating and executing automated tests * Monitor pipeline results and troubleshoot automation or environment failures * Perform release and post\-deployment validation * Create and maintain test data for manual and automated testing * Validate and manage test environments for desktop and web applications * Coordinate testing across DEV, QA, and UAT environments **Required Education, Training and Profesional Experience** * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience * 3\-6 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing or; * A satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education, and experience. * Strong analytical and communication skills * Experience testing web, mobile, and desktop applications * API testing experience (REST services, KeyRunner) * Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, and Agile methodologies * Knowledge of object oriented programming concepts, including experience working with C\# or comparable programming languages * Hands\-on experience with test automation, manual testing, and defect tracking tools * Experience using automated testing tools to design, develop, and execute automated test scripts for web based applications * Knowledge of established test automation design patterns, including the Page Object Model (POM) * Ability to identify and create reliable test locators, including dyn