Quality Assurance Engineer - Manual Testing
First seen by Alion on Aug 29, 2026.
Role Summary :
We are hiring QA Engineers focused primarily on rigorous manual testing, detailed test-case preparation, structured bug reporting, and release/UAT support for Fuse-OS. Familiarity with programmatic testing in Python is a big plus.
Key Responsibilities :
- Prepare detailed test plans, test cases, and requirement traceability
- Execute manual functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing across web UI and APIs
- Validate business workflows, data correctness, role-based access, uploads/downloads, and reports
- Log clear, reproducible defects with severity, steps, expected vs actual results, and evidence
- Support UAT coordination: scripts, environment readiness, triage, and exit reporting
- Maintain regression suites and smoke checklists for regular releases
- Partner with developers early on acceptance criteria and edge cases
- Where capable, contribute Python-based checks to reduce repetitive regression effort
Required Skills & Qualifications :
- 1 to 4 years of hands-on QA experience (product/SaaS preferred)
- Strong manual testing fundamentals: test design techniques, boundary analysis, exploratory testing
- Proven experience writing detailed test cases and professional bug reports
- Comfort testing web applications, APIs, and role-based access scenarios
- Ability to validate data outputs (including spreadsheets) against expected business rules
- Excellent communication for UAT coordination and defect triage
- Familiarity with Agile delivery cadence and release smoke testing
Preferred / Nice to Have:
- Programmatic testing experience in Python (e.g., pytest, requests, Selenium) big plus
- Exposure to insurance/fintech domain workflows
- Experience with API testing tools and basic SQL for data verification
- Familiarity with defect lifecycle tools (e.g., Jira) and evidence packs for audits
- Basic understanding of security testing concepts
Domain Preference :
Familiarity with the insurance industry and InsurTech is preferred but not mandatory. Strong engineering fundamentals and willingness to learn the domain matter more.
What We Offer :
- Opportunity to build a category-defining Insurance Distribution Operating System (Fuse-OS)
- Work on modern multi-tenant SaaS architecture with meaningful ownership and mentoring
- Collaborative product and engineering culture focused on quality and customer outcomes
- Exposure to enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled workflows, and large-scale operational systems
- Growth path with clear impact on product and customers
Skills
Manual Testing, Python, SQL, ETL, Software Quality Assurance, API Testing, Selenium