Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer

About Beam

Beam is a tech start-up leveraging Generative AI and NLP to build AI Agents for business operations. Beam's generative agents help organisations to boost their productivity by automating repetitive tasks in seconds. Powered by LLMs, AI agents are easy to setup, seamlessly integrate with business applications and support teams where they need them most. We are on a mission to transform business practices by empowering organisations with artificial intelligence to increase efficiency, improve competitiveness, and scale operations globally.

To learn more about us, please visit our website at https://www.beam.ai/

About the Role

As a SQA Engineer at Beam, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our AI - Automation Platform through comprehensive manual and automated testing processes. You will work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to define test strategies, develop test plans, and execute tests to ensure high-quality deliverables. We are looking for someone who is passionate about building great products, has strong leadership skills, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup environment.

Responsibilities

This role will be pivotal in our quality assurance efforts, shaping testing processes to ensure our applications are reliable, high-performing, and secure. Your key responsibilities will entail the following:

• Collaborate with product owners, engineers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and create comprehensive test plans for different phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for both manual and automated testing.
• Perform thorough manual testing of applications, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Identify, document, and track defects using issue-tracking tools, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover potential issues and improve product quality.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard testing frameworks and tools.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure seamless deployment and continuous testing.
• Analyze automated test results, troubleshoot failures, and work with the engineering team to conduct load and performance testing.
• Assist in security testing efforts to ensure that applications are resilient against vulnerabilities.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of testing processes, test cases, and results to ensure transparency and facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Provide regular updates to the team and stakeholders on testing progress, coverage, and quality metrics, and contribute to the creation of user documentation and release notes.