- Job Description – QA EngineerPublication Management SystemRole OverviewWe are seeking a detail-oriented QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and usability of a modern publication management system. This role will be responsible for validating end-to-end functionality across user interfaces, APIs, integrations, and data workflows. The QA Engineer will work closely with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to ensure high-quality releases throughout the development lifecycle.Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Validate end-to-end workflows including publication ingestion, metadata management, curation, reporting, and integrations.
- Perform manual testing across UI, API, and backend components.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for UI and API testing.
- Participate in requirements and design reviews to ensure testability and quality considerations.
- Identify, document, and track defects, and work closely with development teams for resolution.
- Validate data accuracy, integrity, and reporting outputs.
- Support testing across multiple environments and deployment phases.
- Ensure non-functional requirements such as usability, accessibility, performance, and security are addressed as needed.
- What Success Looks Like
- High-quality releases with minimal production defects.
- Comprehensive test coverage across UI, APIs, and data layers.
- Early identification of issues through proactive testing.
- Strong collaboration with development and business teams.
- Continuous improvement of testing processes and automation coverage.
- Nice-to-Have
- Experience with performance and load testing tools.
- Exposure to accessibility testing (WCAG).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test integration.
- Familiarity with security testing concepts and data governance requirements.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience testing greenfield applications and phased delivery models.
- Familiarity with publication management systems, research information systems.
- Knowledge of scholarly metadata standards such as DOI, ORCID, MeSH, PubMed, or similar.
- Experience validating reports, dashboards, and analytics.
- Background in research, healthcare, academic, or life sciences environments.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, or similar).
- Experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail).
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test coverage.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Proven experience as a QA Engineer testing enterprise-scale web applications.
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and best practices.
- Experience testing:
- Web-based user interfaces
- RESTful APIs
- Database-driven applications
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What We Do
Zealogics LLC provides a broad range of IT consulting, systems implementation and application outsourcing services through an optimized global delivery model. Zealogics builds deep knowledge of traditional product engineering across mechanical, electronics and software platforms, to enable clients to navigate their digital transformation.
Zealogics values engineering techniques, automation frameworks, and reference models which are refined through engagements with Fortune 500 enterprises and OEMs. We combine customer-centric product strategies through a collaborative approach for execution. We help to harmonize processes, identify bottlenecks, and eliminate non-value tasks to deliver world-class products.
With impeccable focus on client needs we connect specialized resources for the right positions, both for full time and contractual placements. Our long-term relationships with employees and clients have been built in an environment of integrity and commitment, with a shared goal of mutual success. Zealogics hires experienced people to solve a wide array of IT and Engineering challenges that our clients face. Our guarantee - Zealogics provides the best value services in town.
