QA Engineer II

The QA Engineer II is responsible for leading and executing both manual and automated testing activities to ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable software products. The role involves greater ownership of test planning, design, and execution, along with mentoring junior QA engineers and contributing to continuous improvement of testing frameworks and practices. This position plays a key role in analyzing risks, defining test strategies, automating critical test scenarios, managing defect resolution, and supporting product releases. The QA Engineer II works closely with cross-functional teams, including development, product management and design, to enhance product quality and ensure alignment with business requirements in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibities
4+ years of experience in defining and developing functional test scenarios, regression tests, negative test cases, and usability tests.

Participate in the design and development of test automation frameworks and solutions across our entire stack

Work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams on requirements gathering and evaluation

Establish goals for manual testing and & automation for new & existing features

Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, test estimates, schedules and potential risks

Actively utilize Claude Code in daily engineering workflows to accelerate test authoring, debug pipeline failures, and streamline test framework maintenance.

Contribute to our AI-assisted testing capabilities by leveraging custom AI commands, optimizing prompts, and sharing efficient workflows across the team.

Utilize generative AI and LLMs to author test cases, write automated testing scripts, and optimize test infrastructure, consistently increasing test coverage

Be a vocal champion for quality in every phase of the development process

Work with our Customer Success team on investigating customer-facing issues and drive issues to closure

Perform production post-deployment validations, test and coordinate deployment of the hotfixes

Demonstrate proactive ownership, promote a solution-oriented mindset, foster resilience, collaboration and knowledge sharing across the QA department.

At Aera, our purpose is to enable a sustainable, efficient, and intelligent world with Cognitive automation. Our Decision Cloud is increasingly used by the world's largest companies to fundamentally transform their and how work is done.

If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series D start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!

Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Benefits Summary
At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical coverage through a subscription to one of the main private healthcare clinic networks (Regina Maria), 25 days of paid leave per year and one day of paid sick leave per year (without a medical certificate), a monthly teleworking allowance and much more. We offer access to online professional courses for both professional and personal development, via Udemy, coupled with people manager development programs. We believe in a flexible working environment to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.

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