Pricefx Quality Assurance Engineer - 1099 Contractor

**Quality Assurance Engineer (Pricefx Implementation) — Contract** **Position Type: Independent Contractor (1099\)** **Engagement Duration: Anticipated 6 months (subject to project milestones and phase extensions)** **Estimated Effort: Variable, 20–40 hours/week** **Location: Remote (US\-based)** **Hourly Compensation Rate: Commensurate with specialized expertise** **About Canidium** ------------------ **Canidium (an Inc. 5000 company) is a market leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), Pricing, and Configure\-Price\-Quote (CPQ) advisory and implementation services. We partner with mid\-sized and Fortune 500 enterprises to evaluate, implement, and optimize sales\-enabling technologies. We foster a highly collaborative, results\-driven, and flexible work environment across our global delivery teams.** **About the Role** ------------------ **The Quality Assurance Engineer is a hands\-on, critical role dedicated to ensuring the quality, functional accuracy, and data integrity of enterprise software solutions built on the Pricefx platform.** **Working inside an Agile delivery team alongside Solution Architects, Configuration Engineers, Integration Engineers, and Project Managers, you will be responsible for validating user stories, verifying complex pricing logic, performing regression checks, and ensuring data transfers across integrated systems meet technical and business specifications. This role requires a blend of analytical thinking, strict attention to detail, strong SQL data validation skills, and experience with enterprise SaaS solutions.** **Core Responsibilities** ========================= **Test Planning \& Execution** ------------------------------ * **Review functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to formulate comprehensive test cases and scenarios.** * **Execute end\-to\-end functional testing across all project phases, including Sprint Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support, and Post\-Go\-Live verification.** * **Verify complex pricing models, rebate structures, price grids, quotes, and analytics logic within the Pricefx application.** * **Validate data integration pipelines (ETL/REST APIs) between Pricefx and upstream/downstream enterprise systems (SAP, Salesforce, CRM/ERP).** **Defect Analysis \& Reproducibility** -------------------------------------- * **Identify, document, and track software defects with precision using Jira and modern test management tools.** * **Ensure every logged defect is 100% reproducible by detailing exact source data, configuration details, step\-by\-step reproduction instructions, and expected vs. actual outcomes.** * **Conduct root\-cause analysis on test failures and collaborate directly with Configuration and Integration Engineers to verify resolved issues.** **Requirements Validation \& Quality Collaboration** ---------------------------------------------------- * **Critically evaluate user stori