QA Analyst (Product Minded)

TL;DR

QA Analyst (Product Minded): Validating product quality across web and mobile applications with an accent on end-to-end testing, bug ownership from discovery to resolution, and improving release confidence. Focus on thinking like an end-user, shaping expected behavior, and advocating for quality at every stage of development.

Location: Onsite in Santa Monica, CA. We strongly prefer an onsite model (3–5 days/week).

Salary: $60,000–$100,000 a year + competitive equity + benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a technology platform connecting youth athletes with college athletes for online coaching and mentorship.

What you will do

• Test new features across Web and Mobile, including exploratory, regression, and acceptance testing.
• Own release validation and sanity checks for builds and branches prior to deployment.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track bugs from discovery through resolution.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to clarify expected behavior, edge cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Investigate issues beyond the surface level to help identify underlying technical root causes.
• Help improve visibility into release readiness, test coverage, and product quality.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of QA / software testing experience in product-driven environments.
• Proven ability to own bugs end-to-end and drive them to resolution.
• Experience testing Web and Mobile applications.
• Hands-on experience testing APIs and backend services.
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, TestRail, Datadog, or Crashlytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Startup experience.
• Familiarity with two-sided marketplaces, video platforms, and scheduling systems.
• Ability to identify opportunities for automation and collaborate with Engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape how quality is practiced across the company as an early, foundational QA hire.
• Focus on building driven, confident, and resilient people through sports.
• Empathetic approach to building experiences for minors, prioritizing trust, safety, and emotional impact.
• Competitive equity and benefits package.
• Equal opportunity employer.

Hiring process

• AI tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications or assessing responses.
• Final hiring decisions are made by humans.