Job Description

About Smart Working

At Smart Working, we believe your job should not only look right on paper but also feel right every day. This isn't just another remote opportunity - it's about finding where you truly belong, no matter where you are. From day one, you're welcomed into a genuine community that values your growth and well-being.

Our mission is simple: to break down geographic barriers and connect skilled professionals with outstanding global teams and products for full-time, long-term roles. We help you discover meaningful work with teams that invest in your success, where you're empowered to grow personally and professionally.

Join one of the highest-rated workplaces on Glassdoor and experience what it means to thrive in a truly remote-first world.

About the role

This is a hands-on testing role that is critical to ensuring release readiness across web, mobile, APIs, and integrations. You'll report into a distributed engineering team and take ownership of test strategy, system documentation, and test case design. As a Manual Test Engineer, you'll plan and execute functional, regression, exploratory, cross-browser, and mobile tests, manage test data, log and triage defects in GitHub, verify fixes, and contribute to release quality.

To succeed, you'll bring persistence, excellent written English for high-signal defect reports, and the ability to collaborate closely with engineers and product teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

Own test strategy and system documentation Derive test cases from user stories and architecture Plan and execute functional, regression, exploratory, cross-browser, and mobile tests across Portal, APIs, mobile app, and Teams/Zoom integrations Manage test data to support repeatable and reliable validation Log and triage defects in GitHub, verify fixes, and ensure closure Contribute to release readiness by providing clear risk assessments and validation

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience) 3-6 years of professional experience in manual QA for SaaS applications, ideally in regulated or enterprise client environments Proven ability in requirements analysis and test design, comfortable creating test assets even when documentation is sparse Hands-on experience with API testing using Postman or Insomnia to validate request and response flows Strong SQL skills for performing thorough data validation across relational datasets Working knowledge of browser and mobile developer tools, applying them for debugging and cross-platform validation Practical experience with accessibility testing, ensuring compliance with common accessibility practices and standards Awareness of security test heuristics (OWASP) and the ability to apply them when assessing system resilience Understanding of cloud application topologies on AWS, with the ability to validate system behavior in distributed environments

Nice to have

Lightweight automation for smoke/regression (e.g., Playwright, Cypress) to augment manual testing Experience with regulated or enterprise clients

Benefits

Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) u007C 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter). No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words. Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided. Support That Matters: Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared. True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued.

At Smart Working, you'll never be just another remote hire.

Be a Smart Worker -- valued, empowered, and part of a culture that celebrates integrity, excellence, and ambition.

If that sounds like your kind of place, we'd love to hear your story.