Junior Strong/Middle General QA Engineer

Blackthorn Vision is looking for a Middle General QA Engineer. Our client, established in 2011 and based in Colorado, is a leading player in the U.S. application management market. We’ve had a successful partnership with this client and are seeking candidates who are eager to take ownership and improve a product already trusted by over 6,000 enterprises.

Requirements:

• ~1.5+ years of hands-on QA experience — primarily manual, with some exposure to automation.
• Good understanding of test planning, risk assessment, test design, execution, and defect reporting.
• Experience testing web and desktop applications, including verifying installs on virtual machines (VMs).
• Hands-on REST API testing with Swagger (OpenAPI).
• Basic experience querying MongoDB (NoSQL) to validate test data.
• Comfortable with Azure DevOps for test documentation and defect tracking; familiarity with CI/CD concepts (tests run via Azure DevOps Pipelines).
• Basic Git (branch, commit, push, pull requests).
• Exposure to automation with Playwright + TypeScript — or a strong desire and ability to learn it.
• Proficiency with browser developer tools (Console, Network, Application) and basic debugging via browser logs / network traffic analysis.
• Ability to identify automation candidates while testing manually.
• Comfortable using VS Code + GitHub Copilot to assist test-plan / test-case creation.
• Experience working in Agile teams.

• Upper-Intermediate level of English.

   

  Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted testing tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.).
• Exposure to CI/CD pipeline configuration or contributing to a test automation framework.

• Docker basics (occasionally used to run tests on local test environments).

   

  Responsibilities

• Own feature quality primarily through manual testing (~70%): test planning, design, execution, and defect reporting.
• Contribute to automation (~30%): write and maintain Playwright/TypeScript tests for suitable cases and help improve the framework.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual (and some automated) test cases, test documentation, and regression suites in Azure DevOps.
• Perform functional, regression, API (Swagger), and backend testing (APIs, MongoDB, logs), including install verification on VMs; basic non-functional checks.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects; debug basic issues via browser logs and network traffic.
• Identify repetitive scenarios worth automating and flag/automate them.
• Analyze test results and communicate findings; participate in Agile ceremonies.

•  Contribute to post-release quality analysis (Root Cause Analysis) and preventive improvements.

   

We offer:

• exciting and challenging work in a friendly and professional environment;
• excellent career opportunities and competitive salary;
• on-site visits to customers;
• flexible work schedule;
• professional development program with internal seminars on technical topics;
• courses, certifications, and access to the corporate library;
• free English classes;
• 18 working days of paid vacation (24 calendar days), 5 full-paid sick leave days, paid public holidays;
• medical insurance;
• maternity leave;
• IT club membership;
• employee referral program;
• recognition program with gifts and awards;
• pet-friendly and eco-friendly;
• direct and easy communication with management and much more.