QA Engineer

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• Role: Engineering / QA engineer
• Experience: Any (new grads ok)
• Visa: US citizenship/visa not required

Astraea is hiring a QA Engineer to own day-to-day testing of our live product. This is a remote role, 40 hours per week, working closely with our founders and engineers.

We’re looking for someone who can learn a complex product, think like a user, and find meaningful problems without needing a detailed script for every task. You’ll help us ship with confidence by testing complete workflows, identifying edge cases, and checking that fixes actually solve the problem.

What you’ll do

• Run manual, exploratory, smoke, and regression testing across core product workflows.

• Test new features and existing functionality, including error states, permissions, data inputs, and cross-browser behavior.

• Write clear bug reports with reproduction steps, expected versus actual behavior, screenshots or recordings, and an assessment of user impact.

• Work with engineers to reproduce issues, verify fixes, and catch regressions.

• Build and maintain a practical regression checklist and communicate what was tested, what failed, and what remains uncertain.

• Notice confusing product behavior and suggest improvements to the user experience.

What we’re looking for

• Hands-on experience testing web applications or SaaS products.

• Strong exploratory testing skills: you can identify risky workflows and design useful tests independently.

• Clear written communication and reproducible, well-prioritized bug reports.

• Attention to detail, curiosity, and reliable follow-through.

• Comfort working directly with a small engineering team as the product changes.

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