Senior QA Manual Engineer at CodeRoad
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Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level manual QA role focused on owning test strategy, planning, and execution across web, mobile, and API layers for client-facing software projects. Day-to-day work covers writing and running test cases, tracking defects, validating RESTful APIs, and mentoring junior QA staff. The role suits an experienced manual tester with some familiarity with automation concepts who is comfortable working directly with US-based clients in a remote contractor arrangement.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 950–2,850
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is for a nearshore/offshore contractor (explicitly required), not a US-based position — the US-based flag is set to false. The posting is US-client-facing and pays in USD, but the worker is expected to be located outside the US in a nearshore/offshore capacity.
Employment type is Contract: the posting explicitly states 'USA Contractor' as the engagement model.
Postman is listed as the primary API testing tool with Charles Proxy and Swagger as named alternatives ('tools like Postman, Charles Proxy, or Swagger'); all three are captured under one skill with alternatives.
Zephyr and TestRail are listed together as test management tool options; Jira is listed separately and is also required.
Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright appear under 'Automation Familiarity' in the Requirements section but are framed as 'prior exposure or foundational experience' — indicating a lower bar than the core manual testing skills. Selenium is captured as the primary with Cypress and Playwright as alternatives, marked preferred to reflect the 'familiarity/exposure' framing despite appearing in the Requirements block.
No compensation figures are provided beyond 'Competitive Pay (USD)'.
Mandatory nearshore/offshore client-facing startup culture experience is called out as a hard requirement but names no specific technology, so it is not captured as a skill.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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