Manual QA Engineer (Backend)

We are building one of the most powerful live-streaming platforms, already connecting 400K+ monthly active users through live events, interactive video chats, and real-time community experiences. Our mission is bold: bring joy, fight loneliness, and deliver safe, ad-free entertainment that keeps people coming back. This is a complex, fast-moving space, and we love it that way! Every idea counts here, and every release reaches a massive global audience. We are now expanding into Arab countries and Europe, enhancing content quality, and rolling out new features to keep users hooked. We are among the Top 5 streaming products in the US and rank in the Top 10 worldwide. Our next milestone: break into the global Top 5, and we are moving fast to make it happen. 

About the role: We are looking for a Manual QA Engineer (Backend) who will become a key quality owner within the team — someone who is not just testing endpoints, but deeply understands product logic, user flows, and how backend stability directly impacts user experience at scale.

In this role, you will

• Perform manual backend testing using API tools and databases for Mobile and Web applications
• Conduct smoke, sanity, regression, and functional testing for new and existing features
• Create and maintain test documentation including test cases, checklists, and bug reports
• Participate in SCRUM ceremonies and all stages of the SDLC
• Analyze requirements and actively participate in feature decomposition and estimations
• Investigate, reproduce, and report bugs with clear prioritization and detailed context
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders as a QA feature owner
• Validate A/B tests and support feature quality during experiments and releases

It’s all about you

• 2+ years of commercial experience in backend manual testing
• Experience testing mobile applications (iOS and/or Android)
• Strong practical knowledge of Postman, Swagger, and API testing approaches
• Experience working with proxy/debugging tools such as Charles, Fiddler, or similar
• Experience testing backend systems using relational or non-relational databases (SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)
• Understanding of QA processes, SDLC, Scrum, DoR, and DoD principles
• Experience creating test documentation from scratch
• Ability to analyze requirements and identify edge cases independently
• Experience working with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with A/B testing and validating experiment results
• Intermediate+ level of English
• Ability to quickly understand complex product logic and new technical concepts

Would be a plus:

• Experience with A/B testing
• Experience collaborating with Product Support teams
• Expertise with MongoDB testing

What we offer

Care and support: 

• 20 paid vacation days, 15 sick days, and 6 additional days off for family events
• Up to 10 additional days off for public holidays
• 100% medical insurance coverage
• Sports and equipment reimbursement
• Team building events, corporate gifts, and stylish merch
• Financial and legal support
• Maternity recovery support allowance
• Position retention and support for those who join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• Participation in social initiatives supporting Ukraine
   

Comfortable working environment:

• Work from our Kyiv hub or remotely with a flexible schedule 
• Modern equipment or depreciation of your own tools
   

Investment in your future:

• Collaborate with a highly-skilled team of Middle & Senior professionals, sharing practical cases and expertise in the social networking niche
• 70% of our heads and leads have grown into their roles here – so can you!
• Performance-oriented reviews and Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
• Reimbursement for professional courses and English classes
• Corporate library, book club, and knowledge-sharing events

Hiring process

• Intro call
• Technical interview
• Test task
• Final interview
• Reference check
• Offer