Quality Assurance Engineer (User Acceptance Testing)

Lightspeed Systems • Austin, TX

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Lightspeed Systems is seeking a User Acceptance Testing QA Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role is crucial for ensuring that every release meets the high standards expected by educators. The position involves test planning, execution, and coordination with cross-functional teams. The company is a growing K-12 education technology provider serving millions of students and educators.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• Self-motivated and independent, capable of driving testing efforts with minimal supervision.
• 3+ years working in cross-functional teams (developers, testers, BAs, TPMs).
• 3+ years working with key-value databases (Amazon DynamoDB is a plus).
• 3+ years applying software QA processes, including automation tools and performance metrics.
• Strong understanding and application of risk analysis in the QA process.
• Experience managing conflict and resolving complex issues quickly and effectively.
• Familiarity with Test Case Management tools for designing, executing, and documenting tests.
• Experience across multiple testing types: UI, API, functional, smoke, regression, cross-browser, mobile.
• Comfort testing across ChromeOS, Windows, and macOS environments, and familiarity with Chrome browser extensions.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in education, edtech, or K-12 environments is a strong plus.
• Lightspeed Systems product experience a plus; Classroom experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to QA.
• Experience querying, writing reports, and presenting actionable insights.
• Experience testing real-time communication features (WebSocket/WebRTC) or multi-user interactive applications.
• Familiarity with K-12 network environments, including web filtering, SSL inspection, and device management (MDM/Google Admin Console).
• Additional Agile certifications are a plus.
• Familiarity with SCCM, GPO, AWS, and other modern deployment/infrastructure tools.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing comprehensive test plans and strategies with a focus on teacher and student workflows across Chrome, web, and real-time messaging surfaces.
• Actively participating in Agile Scrum ceremonies, story definitions, and sprint planning alongside product and engineering teams.
• Developing test scenarios from Epics, User Stories, and acceptance criteria, paying particular attention to multi-device, multi-student edge cases that mirror real classroom conditions.
• Identifying, reproducing, and documenting defects with exceptional precision and detail; collaborating with developers and stakeholders for timely resolution.
• Managing UAT environments, triaging issues, and ensuring optimal test coverage across supported platforms (ChromeOS, Windows, Mac) and varying network configurations typical of school environments.
• Maintaining and updating the defect backlog using JIRA.
• Coordinating UAT test efforts with internal teams, customers, and external partners, including gathering feedback from educators and district IT administrators.
• Producing test metrics and delivering detailed reports to drive improvements.
• Supporting production releases and managing the escalation process during support events.
• Validating real-time features such as screen monitoring, screen sharing, device lock, link pushing, and messaging to ensure reliability under realistic classroom-scale conditions.

Benefits

• Opportunity to grow your career
• Be recognized for your hard work
• Thrive in a supportive and collaborative office environment
• Snacks galore and a private chef serving up lunch Tuesday through Thursday every week
• A state-of-the-art fitness center (with outfitted locker rooms)
• Physical therapist onsite regularly
• Indoor and outdoor casual collaboration spots
• Pet-friendly office environment
• A golf simulator, go-carts, shuffleboard, corn hole, and MORE fun

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level