QA Engineer

Fooda • Chicago, IL

1d • $100,000 - $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The QA Engineer is a trusted, self-directed professional who ensures product quality throughout the development lifecycle. They identify risks early, plan and execute testing, collaborate closely with developers and Product Managers, and help improve QA processes within the team. They demonstrate increasing ownership of product quality and are on the path to QA Leadership or deeper technical expertise.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing of production-grade applications.
• Strong knowledge of software testing principles, methodologies, and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience testing complex features end-to-end - from requirements analysis and test planning to release and post-release verification.
• Experience with functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and API testing.
• Ability to analyze requirements and identify gaps, risks, and unclear scenarios before implementation begins.
• Experience creating clear test plans, test cases, checklists, and high-quality bug reports.
• Hands on experience working with test management and task tracking tools (e.g. TestRail, Jira or similar), API testing tools (e.g. Postman, Graphiql, BurpSuite, Proxyman or similar).
• Ability to use SQL for test data validation and issues investigation.
• Experience with web and/or mobile application testing, including debugging and log analysis (e.g. SumoLogic, DataDog, Splunk or similar).
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field is preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience with AI Agentic Tools is a plus (e.g. Claude, Codex or similar).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, automated testing tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute testing.
• Collaborate closely with developers and Product Managers.
• Help improve QA processes within the team.
• Analyze requirements and identify gaps, risks, and unclear scenarios before implementation begins.
• Create clear test plans, test cases, checklists, and high-quality bug reports.
• Contribute to QA discussions, testing strategies, estimations, and delivery planning for medium-scale features, and sometimes lead these activities.
• Collaborate closely with developers, Product Managers, and other team members to ensure solutions meet user needs, business requirements, and quality expectations.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, test coverage, and overall product quality.
• Mentor team members through knowledge sharing, reviews, and informal coaching.
• Demonstrate increasing ownership of product quality, release readiness, risk management, and testing priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive market salary and stock options based on experience
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance plans
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid maternity and parental leave benefits
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-issued laptop
• Daily subsidized lunch program (ours!) and free food and beverages in the office

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree