Fora
Senior Quality Assurance Testing Engineer
$110K–$140K
New York City +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- New York City
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of backend quality assurance experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Authorization to work in the United States is required for full-time roles based in the New York City office. Fora is unable to sponsor or assist with U.S. work authorization; roles based outside the United States are not subject to this requirement.
About the job
Owns quality assurance across backend services, APIs, data, and user-facing workflows, from investigation and test planning through release and post-release validation.
What you'll do
- Investigate cross-layer issues and identify root causes using logs, traces, monitoring, and data-flow analysis.
- Design and execute API, integration, regression, and data-validation tests across services and third-party APIs.
- Partner with engineering, product, and design to advocate for quality throughout the development cycle.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of backend quality assurance experience focused on integration testing, system behavior, and data validation.
- Proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman or REST clients, and ability to design and execute exploratory and regression test plans.
- Strong SQL skills querying relational databases and validating data across interconnected tables.
- Familiarity with asynchronous systems and contract testing concepts; strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience working with remote or offshore teams.
Pay
$110K–$140K + equity (base salary; equity amount not stated)
Tools
Postman, REST clients, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Datadog, Sentry
AI focus
Open to integrating AI-assisted tools into everyday QA workflows to test faster, investigate more deeply, and work smarter.
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