QA Engineer

Altanovo•Vista, CA

1d•$90,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

101domain is a domain registrar and internet infrastructure company headquartered in Vista, California. The company helps businesses worldwide register, manage, and protect their online presence across hundreds of TLDs. Its R&D team builds and maintains the platforms that support these services. The QA Engineer contributes to the quality and reliability of registrar products by designing and running comprehensive test plans, expanding automated test coverage, and working closely with developers to identify and resolve issues. The role is full-time and permanent, based at the Vista, California office, with a minimum of two days per week onsite. Candidates must live within commuting distance; the position is not open to fully remote applicants. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific, with occasional schedule shifts to meet project milestones.

Requirements

At least 4 years in a QA engineering or software development role, including at least 2 years writing automated tests.
Hands-on experience inspecting, debugging, and writing automated tests for object-oriented PHP and Laravel.
Experience with manual functional and regression testing of web applications.
Familiarity with web technologies such as JavaScript, cookies, PWAs, REST, and SAML.
SQL skills for querying PostgreSQL or MySQL databases.
Exposure to test automation frameworks such as Selenium.
Working knowledge of Git and CI/CD, specifically GitLab pipelines.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear written and verbal communication.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Must live within commuting distance of Vista, California.

Nice To Haves

Experience with TLDs and domain lifecycles.
REST API and service testing experience.
Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter.
Experience with JavaScript automation frameworks such as Cypress or Playwright.
Experience testing low-level libraries across languages such as PHP, Java, and C.

Responsibilities

Create and execute test plans for functional and regression testing.
Identify test coverage gaps and build comprehensive test suites, partnering with developers to resolve technical blockers.
Test APIs and services to validate functionality and performance.
Write automated tests for object-oriented PHP and Laravel codebases.
Perform manual cross-browser testing of website flows.
Identify, document, and track defects in collaboration with the development team.
Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Help maintain testing documentation, run performance tests, and continuously improve QA processes.