Senior QA Engineer - Medical/Hospital Background
Zealogics.com
Job description
Job Description – QA Engineer
Publication Management System
Role Overview
We are seeking a detail-oriented QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and usability of a modern publication management system. This role will be responsible for validating end-to-end functionality across user interfaces, APIs, integrations, and data workflows. The QA Engineer will work closely with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality releases throughout the development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.
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Validate end-to-end workflows including publication ingestion, metadata management, curation, reporting, and integrations.
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Perform manual testing across UI, API, and backend components.
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Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for UI and API testing.
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Participate in requirements and design reviews to ensure testability and quality considerations.
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Identify, document, and track defects, and work closely with development teams for resolution.
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Validate data accuracy, integrity, and reporting outputs.
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Support testing across multiple environments and deployment phases.
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Ensure non-functional requirements such as usability, accessibility, performance, and security are addressed as needed.
Required Skills & Experience
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Proven experience as a QA Engineer testing enterprise-scale web applications.
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Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and best practices.
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Experience testing:
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Web-based user interfaces
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RESTful APIs
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Database-driven applications
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Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, or similar).
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Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail).
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Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test coverage.
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Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
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Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience testing greenfield applications and phased delivery models.
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Familiarity with publication management systems, research information systems.
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Knowledge of scholarly metadata standards such as DOI, ORCID, MeSH, PubMed, or similar.
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Experience validating reports, dashboards, and analytics.