Software QA Engineer

About us:

Trusted by companies like HP and ExxonMobil, Arist helps organizations instantly create training with AI and push training directly to people via Slack, Teams, and SMS. Arist is revolutionizing corporate training with a ground-up reimagining of how courses are created and delivered, making learning more accessible, engaging, and effective for teams worldwide.

The Role:

We’re building something meaningful, and quality is at the heart of what we do. As we grow, we need a quality assurance engineer to take the lead in building and maintaining a seamless, high-quality product experience for our users. If you’re someone who thrives on taking ownership, implementing processes from the ground up, and working alongside a fast-moving engineering team, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Own the QA process: Take full ownership of QA, ensuring every release meets our standards for excellence.
• Build and improve automation: Help build out automated test suites, integrating them into our CI/CD pipeline to keep quality high and development fast.
• Collaborate closely: Work with our product lead and support engineer to triage and prioritize quality issues reported by users, ensuring quick resolution.
• Oversee testing activities: Manage and document all QA testing activities, using tools like Linear and Github to track progress, maintain transparency, and communicate effectively.
• Process improvement: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and improve QA performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Support product development: Work hand-in-hand with the product development team, providing feedback and ensuring quality is baked into every stage of product development.

Tech stack:

• Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, AWS infrastructure

Ideal qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience as a QA engineer, with at least 2 years in a startup or fast-paced environment.
• Proactive and systematic: A fast learner who can quickly systematize processes to make QA efficient and effective
• Bias towards action: You’re someone who prefers action over analysis paralysis—getting things done quickly, and iterating based on results.
• Technical skills: Experience with building automated testing frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Tools familiarity: Comfortable with QA management tools such as Linear, Test Rail, or similar.
• Team player: Strong collaborative skills, willing to work closely with both support and engineering teams to maintain a high level of quality across our product lines.

Why join us?

• End-to-end ownership: This is an opportunity to take the lead in defining the QA process—your work will set the quality standard for everything we do.
• Dynamic environment: You’ll be part of a small, highly productive team where your contributions make a real impact.
• Innovation & autonomy: We value new ideas, and you'll have the autonomy to experiment and improve how we do things.
• Work with founding team: You’ll work closely with the founding team, helping ensure we build products that users love and trust.

Other benefits

• Equity options to share in the company's success
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO policy and fully remote work
• Professional development budget and mentorship opportunities

If this sounds like the kind of work you'd thrive at, let’s chat.

If you're looking for a role where you can truly own the quality of a product and work alongside a dynamic, mission-driven team, we'd love to meet you.