Quality Assurance Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with BusRight to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role. Quality Assurance Engineer Location: US, Remote Type: Fultime Shape the future of student transportation. At BusRight, we’re replacing pen-and-paper logistics with real-time, intelligent routing software. Our platform powers live location tracking, ETA notifications, operational dashboards, and route optimization for schools, families, and drivers across the U.S. We’re looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our systems across web, mobile, and backend layers. This is an opportunity to take ownership of quality across a rapidly growing product ecosystem. Role Overview As a QA Engineer at BusRight, you will work at the intersection of engineering, product, and support. You’ll:

• Perform manual and exploratory testing across web and mobile platforms (Web, Android, Flutter)
• Conduct feature and regression testing during development cycles and releases
• Create and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and documentation
• Debug issues by analyzing logs, isolating root causes, and reporting detailed findings
• Track and triage bugs using modern issue tracking tools
• Propose and implement end-to-end test automation using Playwright, Maestro, and related frameworks
• Contribute scripts, utilities, and automation strategies to increase delivery confidence and coverage
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and support to align test coverage with product goals
• Advocate for quality and reliability as a shared responsibility across the team
• Champion process improvements in testing, coverage, tooling, and deployment

Requirements

• You have 3+ years of experience as a QA Engineer or in a related technical role
• You have experience testing complex web and mobile ecosystems (bonus: map or real-time data features)
• You are proficient in test automation tools (e.g. Playwright, Maestro), observability tools (Datadog, Sentry), and debugging utilities (e.g. Proxyman)
• You are comfortable reading and navigating code to debug issues or support test coverage
• You understand the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), from requirements analysis to reporting
• You are experienced with defect tracking and test management systems
• You have awareness of security and privacy best practices, including OWASP considerations
• You write clear test cases and communicate risks, bugs, and gaps effectively
• You take initiative, raise concerns early, and follow through with solutions
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical peers
• You adapt quickly and thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments
• You embody our engineering values: learning from mistakes, collaboration, ownership, simplicity, and long-term thinking
• You embody our company values (more here)

You Get Extra Points For

• Familiarity with: React/TypeScript, REST APIs, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Firebase, Redis, Google Cloud Platform
• Experience testing mobile apps built with Flutter or Android
• Experience writing E2E test automation or working in CI/CD pipelines
• Background in Agile development teams
• Strong debugging skills and attention to edge cases

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite, CSS Modules (SASS)
• Backend: Node.js, Koa, Express, Kysely, PostgreSQL, Redis, Firebase (legacy), BullMQ, ElasticSearch
• Mobile: Flutter (Android)
• QA Tooling: Playwright, Maestro, Datadog, Sentry, Postman, Proxyman
• Infra: Kubernetes (GCP), CI/CD, Feature Flags

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: $75,000 - $130,000/year (based on experience and expertise)
• Meaningful equity
• $500/year learning & WFH budget
• Flexible PTO and working hours
• Remote-first work environment