Software Test Engineer

About Penstock Software:

Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product. Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

The role:

We're hiring another Software Test Engineer to own test automation and release quality for our web and mobile products. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Few meetings, lots of written updates.

What you'll do:

• Run exploratory testing on new features and document findings with clear repro steps
• Check accessibility basics with axe and keyboard-only testing
• Integrate test suites into GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure DevOps pipelines
• Write and maintain automated UI tests with Playwright, Cypress or Selenium WebDriver
• Test mobile apps on real devices and on BrowserStack or Sauce Labs
• Investigate and fix flaky tests rather than just retrying them

Requirements:

• 2+ years of software QA experience, including test automation
• Patience and persistence when chasing intermittent issues
• Ability to write clear bug reports and test cases

Desirable:

• ISTQB Foundation certification
• Visual regression tools such as Percy or Applitools

What you get:

• $1,000 home office setup budget
• Referral program

If this sounds like a fit, apply with a resume. A cover letter is optional.

Duration: 12 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Penstock Software.