QA Engineer

Allata is a global consulting and technology services firm with offices in the US, India, and Argentina. We help organizations accelerate growth, drive innovation, and solve complex challenges by combining strategy, design, and advanced technology. Our expertise covers defining business vision, optimizing processes, and creating engaging digital experiences. We architect and modernize secure, scalable solutions using cloud platforms and top engineering practices. Allata also empowers clients to unlock data value through analytics and visualization and leverages artificial intelligence to automate processes and enhance decision-making. Our agile, cross-functional teams work closely with clients, either integrating with their teams or providing independent guidance—to deliver measurable results and build lasting partnerships. We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer to join our client’s team. The ideal candidate is proactive, flexible, and comfortable working with diverse near- and off-shore teams and US-based stakeholders. You will drive quality across manual, automated, and data testing, define test strategy, and embed testing into CI/CD to enable reliable, frequent releases. Key Responsibilities: Define and execute test strategies and plans across manual, automation, and data testing. Design test cases, maintain clear documentation, and ensure traceability to requirements. Build and maintain automated test suites for UI and APIs; enable shift-left testing. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates and reporting. Design and validate data testing using SQL and synthetic datasets to ensure accuracy and completeness. Collaborate with product, engineering, and US stakeholders to align on scope, priorities, and release criteria. Track quality metrics, manage defects, communicate risks, and drive continuous improvement. Mentor team members and contribute to QA standards, tooling, and best practices. Hard Skills – Must have: Strong QA experience across manual and test automation in agile environments. Hands-on automation using one or more frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress. API testing experience using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar. Strong SQL skills and practical experience with data testing and synthetic data generation/validation. Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and working with Git-based workflows. Familiarity with test case and defect management tools such as Jira/Xray, TestRail, or Azure DevOps. Comfortable collaborating with distributed teams and US-based clients. Nice to have / It’s a plus: Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI, including test reporting. Data quality frameworks such as Great Expectations or dbt tests; exposure to data platforms like Snowflake. Performance testing with JMeter or k6 and basic security testing practices. Contract testing (e.g., Pact), mobile testing (e.g., Appium), and accessibility testing. Background in SaaS environments and multi-tenant application testing. Soft Skills: Strong communication skills, initiative, and problem-solving mindset. High ownership, organization, and attention to detail. Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and collaborate across functions. Experience facilitating discovery and clearly reporting risks, issues, and recommendations. At Allata, we value differences. Allata is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Allata makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability or any other legally protected category. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.