Job Title: Manual QA Tester
Location: Remote - Ideally Washingto State or Oregon
Type: Corp to Corp/1099 - Independen Contractor

Pay Rate:  $55-65 per hour
Start Date: October 1, 2025

Contract Length:  6 months - Renewable (Long-term)

Travel: If located within 50 miles of Richland WA, this role will require travel to client location once per quarter. 

About Cayuse Commercial

Cayuse Commercial Services (CCS) delivers fresh solutions to business challenges in the technology and business services environment. Services available are application development, business process outsourcing, data services, and professional services. Cayuse helps clients to achieve impactful outcomes such as improved efficiency, reduced cost, increased profitability and accelerated time to market.

A Quality Assurance (QA) resource plays a crucial role in ensuring that products, especially software, meet specified quality standards before they are released to customers. The main function of a QA resource is to identify and address any defects or issues in the product, ensuring it functions as intended and meets the requirements set by the stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Test Planning and Design:
• Develop detailed test plans based on product requirements and specifications.
• Design test cases and test scripts that cover various scenarios, including edge cases, to ensure comprehensive testing.
2. Test Execution:
• Execute manual and automated tests to identify defects or issues in the software.
• Perform different types of testing, such as functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
3. Defect Identification and Reporting:
• Identify, document, and report defects using issue tracking tools.
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce issues and provide detailed information to facilitate quick resolution.
4. Continuous Improvement:
• Analyze test results and provide feedback on areas for improvement in the software and development processes.
• Participate in retrospectives and suggest enhancements to testing practices and tools.
5. Quality Metrics and Reporting:
• Track and report on key quality metrics, such as defect density, test coverage, and test pass/fail rates.
• Communicate the overall quality status of the product to stakeholders.
6. Collaboration:
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand the product vision and requirements.
• Provide input during the design and development phases to prevent defects early in the process.
7. Risk Management:
• Assess the risks associated with the release of the product and ensure that critical issues are resolved before deployment.
• Prioritize testing efforts based on the risk and impact of potential defects.
8. Automation:
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts to increase testing efficiency and coverage.
• Ensure that automated tests are integrated into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

Function in the Development Lifecycle:

• Pre-development: Involved in requirement analysis to ensure testability.
• Development: Conducts ongoing testing and provides early feedback on the quality of interim builds.
• Post-development: Executes final testing before the product is released to production, ensuring all critical issues are addressed.

A QA resource is essential for maintaining high-quality standards, reducing the risk of defects reaching end users, and improving the overall reliability and usability of the product.

Requirements:

Testing Knowledge: Manual testing for custom software systems in an Agile process. Ideally experience with Salesforce, banking software, or financial software.

Scripting and Automation: Ability to write and maintain scripts for automating repetitive tasks, deployment, and configuration of applications.

Key Skills:

• Agile
• Manual testing including documentation and execution
• Salesforce or similar application experience
• Banking and finance application experience
• UAT Experience

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Cayuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state, or local law.