Manual QA Engineer (Contract to Hire)

New York · Remotefull timeRemote

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$83k–$125k

H1B: no

Kira The Manual QA Engineer at Kira will perform hands-on manual testing and exploratory testing to ensure a high-quality, reliable experience across the platform. This role involves validating new features, writing detailed bug reports, and collaborating closely with engineers to debug issues.

Responsibilities

Perform manual testing of new product features across web applications and AI-driven workflows
Execute regression, exploratory, and acceptance testing to validate new functionality before release
Run sanity checks on staging and release builds to ensure stability prior to deployment
Write clear, detailed, and reproducible bug reports, including steps to reproduce, logs, and impact assessments
Collaborate closely with engineers to debug issues and verify fixes
Develop a deep understanding of the product to identify edge cases, usability issues, and quality risks
Validate complex teacher and student workflows, including AI-generated outputs and interactive experiences
Evaluate features not only for correctness but also usability, clarity, and user experience
Help prioritize testing efforts based on product impact and risk
Contribute to QA documentation, testing checklists, and release validation processes
Participate in release readiness and post-release validation to ensure product stability

Qualification

Our services currently spanNextKotlin + Java Spring Boot backendPython FastAPI AI services

Required

2+ years of experience in manual software testing or quality assurance
Experience and expertise in QA processes and UI/UX testing (web and mobile)
Strong experience performing manual regression, exploratory, and functional testing
Experience testing web applications and user-facing products
Ability to write clear and actionable bug reports
Strong debugging skills and ability to work closely with engineers to reproduce issues
High attention to detail and strong product intuition
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design
Comfort working in a fast-moving startup environment
Strong curiosity and willingness to deeply understand product behavior and edge cases

Preferred

Experience testing AI or LLM-powered products
Experience testing complex workflows involving APIs, backend systems, or data pipelines
Familiarity with basic developer tools (browser dev tools, logs, network inspection)
Experience testing distributed systems or modern web stacks
Our services currently span:
Next.js + React frontend
Kotlin + Java Spring Boot backend
Python FastAPI AI services