Role Overview

BlueOcean is hiring an experienced QA Engineer to ensure that software products delivered to American AI and technology clients are stable, reliable, and production-ready.

The ideal candidate must be detail-oriented, structured, fast, and capable of testing complex web, mobile, API, and AI-enabled systems.

This role requires someone who can prevent avoidable production defects, create strong test coverage, and work closely with engineers in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute test plans, test cases, regression tests, and release checklists.
• Test web applications, mobile applications, APIs, dashboards, integrations, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track bugs clearly.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, usability, and cross-browser testing.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and DevOps teams.
• Validate bug fixes and ensure issues do not reoccur.
• Support release readiness and production quality checks.
• Build or maintain automated tests where applicable.
• Improve QA processes, test documentation, and product stability practices.

Requirements

• 4+ years of QA/testing experience.
• Strong manual QA experience across web and mobile products.
• Experience with API testing using Postman, Insomnia, Swagger, or similar.
• Experience with test case management and bug tracking tools.
• Good understanding of regression testing, release testing, acceptance criteria, and defect lifecycle.
• Experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, or similar is strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and structured documentation.
• Excellent English communication.
• Experience testing AI features, SaaS platforms, fintech, marketplaces, or enterprise software is a strong advantage.

Must-haves

• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to work with American clients and international teams.
• Strong ownership, urgency, and professionalism.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Comfort working in fast-paced startup environments.
• Ability to overlap with US working hours when required.
• Strong documentation and async communication habits.
• High attention to detail.
• Reliable internet, power backup, and work setup.
• Willingness to complete practical assessments during the hiring process.
• Available for weekend work during crunch time

Ideal Candidate

• Finds issues before users do.
• Documents bugs clearly with steps, screenshots, videos, logs, and severity.
• Understands product risk and prioritizes intelligently.
• Can work quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Is comfortable challenging unclear requirements.

Application Requirement

• Applicants should provide examples of test plans, bug reports, QA documentation, or automation experience.