[Hiring] Senior Manual QA Engineer @OutsideHire

Role Description

The Senior Manual QA Engineer serves as the hands-on quality gatekeeper responsible for comprehensive manual testing of the payment processing platform. This role focuses on end-to-end validation of payment flows, compliance verification, exploratory testing, and ensuring that all features meet acceptance criteria before production release. Working alongside the Senior Automation QA Engineer, this role owns the manual testing strategy for complex payment scenarios that require human judgment, edge case exploration, and real-world user experience validation. The Senior Manual QA Engineer is critical to ensuring the platform delivers a compliant, reliable, and user-friendly payment experience for partners and their customers.

Time Allocation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manual software testing experience, with at least 2 years in payment processing, fintech, or financial services
• Proven track record of testing complex, multi-system integrations
• Experience with agile development methodologies and sprint-based delivery
• History of working in regulated environments requiring compliance validation

Requirements

• Strong understanding of REST APIs and ability to test using tools like Postman or Insomnia
• Proficiency in SQL for database validation and test data management
• Experience testing webhook integrations and asynchronous event flows
• Familiarity with .NET or Java applications and AWS / Azure cloud services
• Understanding of payment card data flows (PAN, tokenization, BIN lookup)
• Experience with test management tools (Jira, TestRail, or similar)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote work
• Professional development
• Flexible hours
• Work-life balance

Company Description

Outside Hire is a growing outsourcing company with over 75 employees, building custom products and solutions for our clients. We're dynamic, fast-paced, and always evolving!