SoftSwiss

QA engineer (manual) for a casino games API platform

In short

This is a senior manual QA engineer role owning end-to-end quality assurance for a high-load casino games API platform that connects operator platforms to remote game servers. The company is SoftSwiss, an iGaming business, and the role sits within a product team working alongside engineers, DevOps, and integration specialists. It demands 4+ years of backend/server-side QA experience, strong test design skills, hands-on microservices and API testing (Postman), CI/CD familiarity (GitLab CI), log/observability analysis (ELK, Grafana), and Upper-Intermediate English and Russian. The role is fully remote and full-time.

About the Role
The SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator is a high-load casino games API platform that connects operator platforms to multiple remote game servers through a single integration. Its team of engineers, DevOps specialists, integration experts, account managers, and partnership professionals ensures reliable, secure, and scalable operations for operators worldwide.
Responsibilities
•Own end-to-end QA for the product team, including test strategy, checklists, and test cases
•Measure product quality using meaningful QA metrics and indicators
•Report QA status, risks, and plans to the team and product stakeholders
•Review feature requirements early and identify gaps, ambiguities, and risks before development
•Lead releases as the responsible QA and monitor deployment results in production
•Diagnose defects and track them from discovery to resolution
•Validate data directly in databases as part of daily work
•Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and business teams
•Give product demos to the Product Owner
•Research and adopt new QA approaches and tools, including AI-assisted QA agents and skills, to speed up routine work
•Continuously improve the team's QA process
Requirements
•4+ years of QA experience with server-side or backend applications
•Strong test design and analysis skills, including risk-based prioritization, test-design techniques, and exploratory testing
•Systematic and independent approach, with proven experience improving and driving QA processes
•Comfortable working in mixed Scrum and non-Scrum environments
•Hands-on experience with microservice-based systems and understanding of microservice architecture trade-offs
•Confident with API testing using Postman and REST APIs
•Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and ability to read them, including GitLab CI
•Experience with Jira, structured defect management, and reporting
•Strong troubleshooting skills, including localizing failures across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure
•Ability to investigate logs and observability data using ELK and Grafana
•English and Russian at Upper-Intermediate (B2) or higher
•Good communication skills
Nice to Have
•ClickHouse experience
•Web UI testing and familiarity with design systems and component libraries
•Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar
•AI agents, skills, or LLM tooling for QA productivity
•Product or iGaming domain experience
Conditions
•Private health insurance
•Sports benefits
•Comprehensive Mental Health Program
•Free online English lessons
•Local language courses
•Paid time off
•Maternity leave support
•Referral program rewards
•Upskilling, internal workshops, participation in professional conferences and corporate events

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