QA Functional Analyst (Temporary)

Applaudo Studios

10d

About The Position

This is a temporary 3-month opportunity for an analytical and proactive QA Functional Analyst who enjoys understanding how complex business processes work beyond the user interface. The role requires a quality-first approach from an end-to-end perspective, validating not only application behavior but also the business rules, transactions, and data that support each workflow. The ideal candidate is comfortable identifying scenarios that may not be explicitly documented, designing tests based on risk, and investigating inconsistencies across frontend, backend, and database layers. Strong attention to detail, ownership, and autonomy are essential, as is the ability to maintain a high standard of quality while working with changing requirements and demanding timelines.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
3+ years of professional experience in Functional Quality Assurance within complex or enterprise applications.
Strong experience with functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
Intermediate SQL skills, including joins, aggregations, subqueries, and data validation.
Experience validating data consistency, transaction integrity, and persistence across frontend, backend, and database layers.
Knowledge of formal test-design techniques, including equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, and risk-based testing.
Experience testing web, mobile, API-based, integrated, or transactional applications.
Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, autonomy, ownership, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in banking, fintech, insurance, or financial services environments.
Experience testing financial transactions, accounts, payments, loans, balances, or reconciliation processes.
Familiarity with Postman, Swagger, Jira, Xray, or Zephyr.
Exposure to test automation, CI/CD, and backend integrations.

Responsibilities

Analyze requirements and acceptance criteria to identify scenarios, risks, and coverage gaps.
Design and execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
Validate business rules and complete workflows across multiple application layers.
Use SQL to verify data consistency, transaction integrity, and correct persistence.
Compare frontend behavior against backend and database results.
Document, track, retest, and follow defects through resolution.
Prioritize testing according to business and technical risks.
Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and distributed teams.
Participate in Agile ceremonies and communicate progress, blockers, and quality concerns.
Adapt to changing requirements while maintaining quality under strict deadlines.