Senior QA Engineer (Cupid Media) at Social Discovery Group

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join one of our core products - Cupid Media.

Your main tasks will be:

• Perform the full testing cycle, from task acceptance to release publication.
• Estimate testing time and ensure compliance with deadlines.
• Analyze and test legacy systems with limited documentation.
• Identify, document, and manage bugs, including regression testing.
• Localize defects during early testing stages and analyze logs to identify root causes.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders.
• Improve and expand existing test coverage for functionality and edge cases.
• Write and maintain test documentation, including requirements for test automation.
• Use GitHub for setting up and configuring test environments.
• Test APIs using Postman and ensure proper API documentation and validations.
• Work with RabbitMQ to validate message queues and ensure proper communication between services.
• Utilize AWS Console for testing, monitoring, and debugging in cloud environments.
• Validate database queries and troubleshoot data-related issues.
• Use Grafana for monitoring and investigating performance and system behavior.
• Support early morning releases, ensuring a smooth deployment process.

We expect from you:

• Proficiency in Web, Mobile and BackEnd testing.
• Experience testing legacy systems and dealing with incomplete documentation.
• Experience working with loaded systems and multi-project environments.
• Ability to analyze logs and trace issues across distributed systems.
• Proven experience in writing and structuring test documentation to support automated testing.
• Proficiency with test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Proficiency with Postman for API testing and validation.
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ for testing and monitoring message queues
• Proficiency with Grafana for monitoring and diagnostics.
• Strong working knowledge of GitHub for configuring test environments and managing repositories.
• Strong database skills, including querying and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of microservice architecture and testing approaches for distributed systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of AWS Console for testing and debugging cloud-based services will be considered as advantage

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!