Associate Software Test Engineer - Quality Operations
About The Position
RunBuggy is seeking an organized, detail-oriented, and motivated Associate Software Test Engineer - Quality Operations to join their team. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone early in their QA career or transitioning into QA from a related technical role to gain hands-on experience with modern tools and systems. The successful candidate will work alongside a senior engineer and the Director of QA to maintain test coverage, execute test plans, and ensure quality across multiple development streams. The role involves using AI-assisted tooling in daily workflows and receiving mentorship on its effective application. This is a hybrid role based in Tempe, AZ.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of software testing experience, internship experience, or a related technical background (help desk, technical support, IT, or bootcamp/degree with a testing focus).
- Basic comfort with a computer terminal - willingness to learn command-line basics.
- Familiarity with what a REST API is - understanding the concept of requests, responses, and status codes.
- Strong written communication - ability to write clear bug reports, test notes, and status updates.
- Organized and self-directed - ability to manage own task list and follow through.
- Experience with a test management tool (TestRail, Jira, Zephyr, or similar).
- Any scripting exposure (Python, JavaScript, Bash) - even basic scripts or tutorials count.
- Experience with Postman, curl, or any API testing tool.
- Familiarity with agile/scrum workflows.
- Curiosity and a desire to learn.
- Reliability - ability to show up, follow through, and ask for help when needed.
- Ability to take notes, document findings, and make work visible.
- Comfortable saying "I don't know yet" and then finding out.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or similar preferred.
Responsibilities
- Execute manual and automated test runs against web and API interfaces, documenting results clearly
- Create and maintain test cases in TestRail based on feature requirements, API contracts, and observed behavior
- Track QA status for assigned features - what is tested, what is blocked, what needs attention
- Participate in sprint ceremonies and communicate testing status to developers and product managers
- Identify gaps in test coverage and flag them proactively
- Assist with maintaining and running existing automated test suites (Robot Framework)
- Use AI-assisted tools to help write test cases, research system behavior, and document findings - you will learn to verify and refine AI output as a core skill
- Grow your technical skills through structured mentorship and hands-on exposure to API testing, automation, and distributed systems
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Market-competitive pay
- Highly competitive medical, dental, vision, Life w/ AD&D, Short-Term Disability insurance, Long-Term Disability insurance, pet insurance, identity theft protection
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employee wellness program
- Employee rewards, discounts, and recognition programs
- Generous company-paid holidays (12 per year), vacation, and sick time
- Paid paternity/maternity leave
- Monthly connectivity/home office stipend if working from home 5 days a week
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
