QA Tester manual

Company & Position Overview
Company Overview
Founded in 1993, Baxter Planning has 30+ years of industry expertise setting the standard for SaaS in the service supply chain planning space. With a strong and growing customer base, we are developing new products and solutions as well as finding new ways to extend and enhance our established products building on our success in the market. We combine the agility and innovation of a start-up with the stability of an established, profitable, global company.
Location
Baxter Planning is headquartered in Austin, Texas with offices in Spain and India. Though this role will mostly be remote, the position will be located out of our rapidly growing Barcelona office.
Joining Baxter Planning you will find that we strongly value our team members and culture as it is reflected in our generous benefits, exciting and supportive work environment, and excellent work-life balance.
Position Overview
As a QA, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our main logistic tool (Service Parts tool). You will design creative ways to break software and identify potential bugs.
You'll be responsible for creating test plans, collaborating with developers as a member of the Agile Team, and liaising with subject matter experts, Product Owners, software engineers, and other stakeholders to contribute to product design, testability, and implementation.
Responsibilities

• Be responsible for all quality aspects in a Scrum team: manual testing, regression testing, bug tracking, bug prevention and process improvement.
• Develop test plans based on the analysis of feature requirements and a deep understanding of an application’s behavior to verify the functionality, usability, performance, and reliability of an application’s behavior to verify the functionality, usability, performance, and reliability of our software applications.
• Conduct thorough manual testing of web applications, APIs, and other software components.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and issues and work with the development team to ensure timely resolution.
• Participate in the planning and estimation of testing efforts and provide feedback on potential risks and areas of improvement to enhance user experience.
• Continuously enhance and optimize testing processes and methodologies to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness.
• Actively contribute to a positive team culture by fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience as a QA manual tester or similar role in a software development environment.
• At least 3 years of experience in supply chain, service parts, logistics, e-commerce, or CRM.
• Proficiency in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans, test cases, and bug reports. Knowledge of the Gherkin format.
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively interact with cross-functional teams.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding logistics flows.
• Knowledge of SQL queries.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or SoapUI.
• Available to work in the afternoon.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working model
• Permanent work contract
• Opportunities for growth in an international company
• Private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits
• Gym access
• Team building events