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Manual QA Engineer (Contract to Hire)

Kira · New York · Remote

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About Kira

Kira is the first AI platform that delivers personalized education at scale. Use Kira alongside your existing tools, or as your complete AI-powered teaching solution. Backed by NEA.

About the role

Perform manual testing of new product features across web applications and AI-driven workflows Execute regression, exploratory, and acceptance testing to validate new functionality before release

What they're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience in manual software testing or quality assurance
  • Experience and expertise in QA processes and UI/UX testing (web and mobile)
  • Strong experience performing manual regression, exploratory, and functional testing
  • Experience testing web applications and user-facing products
  • Ability to write clear and actionable bug reports
  • Strong debugging skills and ability to work closely with engineers to reproduce issues
More about this role

We live in a world where technology is rapidly changing the educational experiences of students and teachers everywhere, and we have the opportunity to shape how this change takes place. Kira's mission is to harness transformative AI technologies to make world-class personalized teaching and learning accessible to everyone. Kira is a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, and Primavera.

Quality is critical to ensuring teachers and students can rely on our product every day. ​​As a Manual QA Engineer, you will help ensure a high-quality, reliable experience across our platform. This role is focused on hands-on manual testing, exploratory testing, and validating new features before they reach production. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to deeply understand new features, identify potential issues early, and advocate for the end-user experience. You will play a key role in verifying functionality across complex workflows, including AI-powered features where outputs may be non-deterministic.

This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, curious about...

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