Quality Assurance Engineer II - Functional Testing
First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026.
About Spotnana :
We're on a mission to modernize the infrastructure of the $11.7 trillion travel industry to power the perfect trip for travelers everywhere. Our Travel-as-a-Service platform is designed to make every trip better, whether someone is booking for work or leisure travel, building a travel tool, or looking to offer personalized experiences at scale.
How You'll Help Us Build :
- Designing, writing, and executing comprehensive manual test cases for web and mobile applications, APIs, and backend services.
- Performing functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and end-to-end testing across product releases.
- Collaborating with developers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and translate them into thorough test scenarios.
- Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects with clear reproduction steps, severity classification, and supporting evidence.
- Defining and monitoring quality assurance metrics to drive continuous quality and process improvements.
- Leveraging AI tools to assist in test case generation, test data creation, exploratory test ideation, and defect summarization.
- Supporting and contributing to automation efforts by reviewing automated test results, flagging gaps, and working alongside SDETs to improve coverage.
- Communicating clearly with internal stakeholders regarding test progress, risks, blockers, and release readiness.
- Estimating testing efforts, identifying risks, and contributing to mitigation plans to meet project schedules.
- Working closely with the engineering and QA team to continuously improve testing processes, checklists, and quality benchmarks.
Experience You Bring :
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of manual QA / functional testing experience.
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, test lifecycle, and QA best practices.
- Hands-on experience testing REST APIs using tools like Postman or similar.
- Ability to write clear, structured, and reusable test cases and test plans.
- Familiarity with at least one automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, PlayWrite).
- Basic SQL knowledge to validate data and assist with backend verification.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with tools like Jira for defect tracking and test management.
- Comfort using AI tools such as Claude for productivity tasks as part of the team's established AI-assisted QA workflow.
- Good understanding of web application architecture and how frontend, backend, and APIs interact.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a sharp eye for detail.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams.
- A curious, quality-first mindset with the initiative to ask "what could go wrong?" before it does.
Bonus Points :
- Prior experience in the travel and hospitality domain, particularly with airline and/or hotel booking engines (GDS, NDC, PNR structures).
Skills
Automation Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Manual Testing, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright Testing, Testing, Performance Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing