QA Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior QA Analyst (Frontend) based in India.

• Design and execute advanced exploratory testing to uncover defects and behaviors that may not be identified through scripted test cases.
• Apply boundary testing and equivalence partitioning to develop efficient, high-coverage tests across valid, invalid, and edge-case inputs.
• Validate frontend behavior and middleware interactions, particularly around form validation, data submission, workflow progression, and confirmation states.
• Build, formalize, and maintain a state-transition model or finite state machine (FSM) representing the onboarding workflow and its observed behavior.
• Identify and document decision forks, state dependencies, persona-specific variations, equivalence classes, and boundary conditions.
• Validate application behavior against expected state transitions, including enabled/disabled actions, progression rules, submission states, and unexpected inputs.
• Lead defect triage activities, assessing issues based on severity, impact, reproducibility, and business relevance.
• Collaborate with developers to investigate root causes and verify that fixes address the original defect conditions.
• Review evidence from manual QA testing and translate observed frontend behavior into structured, validated testing models.
• Mentor junior QA testers on exploratory testing, structured test design, and effective defect analysis.
• Contribute to test strategy, coverage planning, and documentation for frontend and middleware features.
• Maintain traceability between observed UI behavior, FSM states, decision points, and supporting evidence.
• Produce a validated frontend and state-model evidence package for handoff to downstream middleware testing teams.
• Identify coverage gaps across representative onboarding personas and recommend additional controlled testing where required.

• 3–5+ years of professional experience as a QA Analyst, with exposure to both frontend and middleware testing.
• Strong hands-on experience with exploratory testing, boundary testing, and structured test design methodologies.
• Practical knowledge of equivalence partitioning and the ability to apply it to complex workflows and input conditions.
• Familiarity with state-machine, workflow-state, or state-transition concepts and experience validating multi-step applications against expected behavior.
• Strong defect triage experience, including severity and priority assessment, reproducibility analysis, and cross-functional coordination.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify non-obvious edge cases, dependencies, and unexpected workflow behaviors.
• Experience testing complex multi-step workflows such as onboarding, registration, account creation, or similar user journeys is strongly preferred.
• Ability to translate observed application behavior into structured state-transition models, workflow diagrams, or equivalent representations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead technical discussions, collaborate with developers, and mentor other QA professionals.
• Working familiarity with browser and network developer tools; deep protocol-level networking expertise is not required.
• Strong attention to detail, documentation skills, and ability to work independently in a remote environment.
• Comfortable working on a focused, full-time freelance engagement of approximately 40 hours per week.

• Fully remote opportunity for candidates based in India.
• Freelance engagement with an initial four-week project duration.
• Full-time commitment of approximately 40 hours per week.
• Compensation of $6/hour for the initial project engagement.
• Opportunity for longer-term or full-time employment depending on performance and project requirements.
• Flexible remote working environment within a global AI and data services community.
• Opportunity to work on complex QA challenges involving frontend workflows, middleware interactions, exploratory testing, and structured test methodologies.
• Exposure to diverse projects and opportunities to further develop QA and testing expertise.
• Access to a global professional community and ongoing support.
• Potential career growth through continued project work and future opportunities.