Senior QA Engineer

Skylight

10h • $150,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Skylight is a technology startup building products and services that help families stay connected and simplify family life. The Senior QA Engineer performs exploratory, manual, and automated software testing and reports defects as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team. The role is embedded in an engineering pod and contributes to quality as a shared responsibility, including input on project scope and design and advocacy for users’ experiences.

The engineer tests Android-based software running on custom hardware and firmware, as well as software across mobile, web, and backend stacks. The role works closely with product, engineering, and QA colleagues to identify risk, plan testing, investigate defects, and improve testing efficiency.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in quality assurance.
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze business requirements from a customer’s perspective.
• Hands-on testing experience with mobile devices, including Android and iOS.
• Experience testing software on embedded Android devices.
• Familiarity with ADB, system logs, and Android internals.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify and foresee gaps in requirements.
• Experience logging and tracking defects throughout the defect lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, Agile testing, and software testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and engineering during project scoping and refinement to identify risks and establish test plans.
• Perform manual exploratory testing and validate new projects within the assigned pod.
• Test Android-based software running on custom hardware and firmware.
• Work with engineers and QA to define, design, implement, and maintain automated test scripts across and between mobile, Android, web, and backend technology stacks.
• Participate in bug triage and incident response, reproducing defects and advocating for timely resolution of important software defects.
• Collaborate with QA team members across pods to improve testing efficiency and foster a sustainable workload.
• Analyze projects and requirements from the customer’s perspective and advocate for users’ experiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package
• 401(k) matching
• Wellness budget
• Learning budget
• Home-office budget
• Health, dental, and vision medical plans
• Unlimited paid time off
• Company holidays on the first Friday of every month, except November and December
• Autonomy to set the direction of your work

What This Job Offers

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