Job Description

About You

You are a Quality Engineer with an analytical, curious, and context-driven mindset. You enjoy deeply understanding products, identifying risks early, and uncovering meaningful quality insights that help teams deliver exceptional software.

You are passionate about modern testing approaches and collaborate closely with developers, Product teams, and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle. You challenge assumptions, investigate issues thoroughly, and communicate findings clearly to drive better decisions.

You thrive in Agile environments where ownership, critical thinking, and continuous improvement are highly valued.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience supporting Agile development teams.
• Strong understanding of Context-Driven Testing principles.
• Experience applying Session-Based Testing methodologies.
• Experience building test strategies, test plans, and quality approaches.
• Experience performing API and database testing.
• Experience estimating testing efforts and identifying quality risks.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to investigate, synthesize, and communicate technical findings clearly.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Exposure to Selenium, Playwright, Postman, or other automation tools.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve productivity.
• Experience with heuristic-based testing approaches.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Participate actively in sprint planning, quality discussions, and testing strategy sessions.
• Design and execute exploratory, context-driven, and session-based testing activities.
• Create test plans, coverage outlines, and testing reports.
• Identify quality risks and concerns early in the development lifecycle.
• Execute testing sessions, investigate issues, and document findings.
• Diagnose, prioritize, and report defects effectively.
• Collaborate closely with developers and project stakeholders to improve software quality.
• Promote continuous improvement of testing practices and quality processes.
• Contribute to building a strong quality culture across Agile teams.
• Continuously evolve your testing craft through modern quality engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience with Context-Driven and Session-Based Testing.
• Experience with API and database testing.
• Experience supporting Agile teams.
• Strong English proficiency.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.