Quality Assurance Software Tester I
PSC Software, a division of PSC Biotech, is a leading provider of cutting-edge, cloud-based quality management and regulatory compliance solutions. Our software helps organizations streamline processes, ensure compliance, and improves overall efficiency, delivering exceptional value to our clients. With specialization in meeting the needs of pharmaceutical, medical device, and other highly regulated industries.
At PSC Software, we are passionate about providing innovative software solutions that empower businesses to achieve their full potential.
The Experience
With operations spanning the globe and featuring a multicultural team, PSC Biotech® is passionate about bringing the best and brightest together to form something truly special. When you make the decision to join our team, you will be offered the ability to feel inspired in your career, explore your professional passions, and work alongside a group of people who will value and nurture your talents.
We are firm believers in coaching and developing the next generation of industry leaders and influencers. As such, you will not only be offered a compensation and benefits structure that rewards you but also be provided with the tools that will help you grow and learn.
At PSC Biotech®, it’s about more than just a job—it’s about your career and your future.
Your Role
We are hiring a motivated Quality Assurance Software Tester 1 to join our team! This role supports the quality and reliability of internally developed software by executing manual and automated testing activities across the software development lifecycle. This role collaborates closely with developers, product owners, and cross‑functional teams to validate functionality, identify defects, and ensure applications meet defined requirements, performance expectations, and industry best practices. The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, analytical, and eager to grow their skills in software testing, automation, and quality assurance within a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
This is a remote position that operates during the (PST) Pacific Standard Time Zone.
- Develop and implement testing procedures and plans to ensure software functions as expected.
- Collaborate with the development team to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This includes clarifying ambiguities in business or functional requirements, as well as identifying success criteria and prioritizing test requirements.
- Participate in developing and documenting User Stories, including testing estimates and validation tests, based on required procedures.
- Prepare data sets to test logic, error handling, and system workflows. This includes participation in developer integration, system integration, and acceptance testing with other team members to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and issues are clearly logged and prioritized consistently.
- Provide manual and automated exploratory testing to understand the feature and how it is implemented, to find additional or unexpected behavior, and to refine and define additional test cases for the feature.
- Execute tests and improve iteratively as new features become part of regression and other test cycles.
- Automate individual tests where applicable using tools such as Katalon and Selenium.
- Isolate, reproduce, and track defects via a defect log. In addition, ensure issues are resolved, including validation of the fix.
- Participate in code reviews and provide feedback after code analysis.
- Ensure tests are executed within the automated continuous testing framework wherever feasible.
- Ensure all non-functional requirements (load, performance, scalability, security, usability, etc.) are met.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
- Recommend and follow through continuous improvement opportunities.
- Act as a support point for the Help Desk to provide technical review and assessment of reported defects
- Additional responsibilities as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Basic understanding of software testing methodologies and tools.
- Familiarity and experience with PHP.
- Experience with databases, including MySQL.
- Experience or knowledge of manual and automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium, PHPUnit, Katalon, JUnit, TestNG) is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven capacity to manage effectively and escalate risk.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
- Must be able to adapt between working independently and working in teams, be able to learn organizational structure quickly, and have a sense of urgency in task completion.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be able to work across the PST Time Zone.