QA Engineer - Quality Operations & Coverage

RunBuggy OMI Inc. • Tempe, AZ

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

RunBuggy is seeking a QA Engineer to bring structure, consistency, and ownership to their quality process. This role will be central to how the QA team tracks work, maintains test coverage, plans and designs tests, and ensures quality visibility across multiple development streams. The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, and communicates effectively, finding satisfaction in a clear understanding of testing status and ensuring the right work is prioritized. This is a hybrid role based in Tempe, AZ.

Requirements

• Comfortable working in a Linux/Unix environment; basic command-line proficiency.
• Experience writing or reading scripts in at least one language (Python, JavaScript, Bash, or similar).
• Familiarity with REST APIs - understanding HTTP requests, status codes, and constructing simple API calls using Postman, curl, or a test library.
• Experience with a test management system (TestRail, Zephyr, Jira, or similar).
• Comfortable reading JSON or XML responses and knowing whether what you see makes sense.
• 2 to 4 years of software testing experience, with a mix of manual and some automation exposure.
• Experience writing clear, reusable test cases from functional requirements or user stories.
• Ability to track multiple work streams simultaneously and communicate status clearly.
• Some exposure to CI/CD pipelines - understanding where tests fit in the build process.
• Manages own work and determines next testing steps based on changes.
• Documents work as it progresses, ensuring notes are useful to others.
• Asks questions early to avoid late assumptions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and making progress when requirements are not perfect.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Robot Framework, Selenium, or a similar test automation framework.
• Familiarity with logistics, fleet management, or marketplace-style platforms.
• Experience working in agile/scrum environments.
• Any exposure to micro-services architecture - understanding that testing one feature may involve tracing requests across several independent services.
• Basic familiarity with Kubernetes concepts (pods, namespaces, deployments) - comfort reading pod logs or understanding what environment a service is running in.
• Some awareness of Elasticsearch - querying an index, reviewing indexed data for test validation, or understanding log aggregation in a distributed system.

Responsibilities

• Own test planning, case creation, maintenance, and traceability for assigned features and services.
• Track QA status across active development work — features in progress, regressions, release readiness.
• Execute manual and automated test runs and document results with enough context to be useful.
• Write, review, and improve test plans and test cases based on requirements, API contracts, and observed system behavior.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and work directly with developers and product managers to understand what is being built.
• Identify gaps in coverage and raise them proactively.
• Contribute to lightweight automation scripts and tooling that reduce repetitive manual work.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate test case generation, documentation, and analysis.
• 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, and a 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed