Senior Manual QA Engineer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is the 3rd largest social discovery company in the world, uniting 60+ brands with 500 million users. We solve the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. Our portfolio includes online communication platforms focusing on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming - Dating.com, DateMyAge, Cupid Media, Dil Mil, Kiseki, and others.

SDG invests in IT startups around the world. Our investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, Clubhouse, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia.edu, and many others.

We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1200 professionals and digital nomads works all over the world.

Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.

In August 2024, we achieved Great Place to Work US Certification™! This achievement reflects our core belief that a truly exceptional workplace is built on trust, pride, and camaraderie—not just great perks.

We are looking for a Senior Manual QA Engineer.

Technology Stack:
- Jira+Confluence;
- Testrail;
- MS SQL Server;
- Fiddler/Charles;
- Devtools.

Your main tasks will be:

• Test planning. Your competence will include estimating testing deadlines, writing test cases, creating and updating test documentation;
• Testing and stabilization of patches. We adhere to flexible methodologies; we publish changes several times a week;
• Continuous development of the testing process, continuous improvement of technologies, standardization of routine and repetitive operations, and process improvements.

We expect from you:

• Experience of 3 years or more as a Senior QA Engineer;
• Experience in cross-functional testing (web, API, mobile devices) is preferred;
• Understand the principles of agile software development and the testing purpose in this process. We are creating Continuous Delivery, so you should at least have an idea of what it is and how it is achieved;
• Be able to work in a distributed team. The company employees are located in several cities in different countries. In such conditions, it is extremely important to be able to establish communication even with those people who are very far away from you;
• Ability to write test documentation: test cases, checklists, test plans;
• Correctly describe and rank the detected defects in order of importance;
• Understanding of client-server architecture.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!