Job Description
Loka, Inc
The work we do at Loka changes lives: whether it’s helping millions of children learn to read, cutting billions of dollars in food waste or accelerating the discovery of cancer treatments. We’re the 2024 AWS Innovation Partner of the Year, and we deliver at the highest level while taking every other Friday off (yes, really).
We’re seeking an Advanced QA Specialist (IC3) to perform quality assurance tasks for complex projects, ensuring our project exceeds customer expectations.
Join us, feed your need to grow and ship projects you believe in with a team you’re proud to be a part of.
The Role
Design and execute comprehensive test plans for complex web and mobile projects.
Independently identify flaws, gaps in documentation and edge cases, applying the appropriate testing methodology (Smoke, Regression, User Acceptance, E2E).
Conduct hands-on testing where needed, including Exploratory, Feature, End-to-End and Regression tests, documenting issues and linking them to existing functionalities.
Collaborate with developers, product managers and stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded across the product lifecycle.
Contribute to QA strategy, offering insights on process improvements, test automation and metrics to track product quality.
Mentor and review tests authored by other team members, ensuring consistency and high standards across the department.
Report progress, challenges and risks proactively, taking ownership of outcomes and learning from successes and failures.
Requirements
3+ years of experience in web and mobile testing, including complex projects
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
Strong proficiency in test planning, design and execution across multiple methodologies
Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (non-web driver approaches preferred), API testing tools (Postman, Swagger) and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with debugging and troubleshooting complex systems
Familiarity with tools like, JIRA, Testrail or similar project/test management platforms
Proven ability to independently assess, execute and optimize tests for high-quality deliverables
Strong English communication skills, with the ability to adjust messaging for technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, autonomy and collaboration in complex, globally distributed and remote teams.
Recommended Skills
Advanced knowledge of test automation concepts and script optimization
Experience mentoring junior QA engineers and conducting peer test reviews
Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools or test orchestration frameworks
Benefits
Every other Friday off. 26 extra days off a year. Our team calls it a life-changing benefit. We think you’ll agree.
100% remote-first. We want you to have the flexibility to work where you feel most comfortable and productive.
Explore program. Spend 3 months living in Portugal, Colombia, or Macedonia, paid for by Loka.
Relo program. Permanently relocate yourself, your family and your pet to one of our European headquarters.
LokaLabs™. Use moonshot technologies to solve overlooked societal challenges in our internal incubator.
Paid vacation days, sick days and local holidays
Mental health benefits. Premium subscriptions to support the mental health of every Lokal.
Please submit your CV in English.
Skills & Requirements
About Loka Inc
Loka is a Silicon Valley software consultancy with global impact, bringing innovations to market faster since 2004. We connect clients in high-precision industries like Healthcare, Life Sciences, Education and Logistics to the tech that empowers their most effective work. We believe what you develop matters and bet you do too. In 2024 AWS named Loka Innovation Partner of the Year—the same year in which we achieved AWS Premier Tier and were named part of AWS’s inaugural Generative AI Competency class. In the 18 months prior we identified more than 200 GenAI use cases for clients ranging from Cameo to Blue Cross Blue Shield. After two decades based in the Valley, Loka operates at the bleeding edge of AI, ML, DevOps, Data and Design—and is being recognized by the most authoritative sources in the tech world. Whether building chatbots trained on proprietary data, developing apps to hyper-specific brand requirements or helping biotech companies accelerate novel drugs to eradicate cancer, our full-cycle team of engineers, developers and designers find the solutions that fit our clients’ unique needs and steer them away from the ones that don’t. We work around the clock (literally—we count employees in 18 different countries across seven time zones) but take every other Friday off to recharge. Our Explore and Relo programs encourage Lokals to live and work in rising tech hubs around the world, igniting their curiosity and imbuing their output with global perspective. We are small but mighty, fully remote but fully engaged and always Monday ready. If you’re a founder or leader, we can help you grow. And if you’re a talented engineer seeking an unconventional but high-achieving workplace, we’d love to work with you.
Industry: Software Development