QA Engineer (Malaysia-based)

Kinobi AI is a Singapore-based company dedicated to transforming higher education by helping universities go beyond just academics. We focus on holistic student success, leveraging AI-powered solutions to ensure that students are well-prepared for their careers. We're looking for individuals who share our vision and want to make a meaningful impact in the future of education.

Our purpose is to:

• Empower institutions to guide their beneficiaries toward meaningful employment opportunities through AI-driven solutions
• Demonstrate to the world that a global AI-powered B2B SaaS enterprise can be successfully built from Southeast Asia

About the Role:
As a QA Engineer, you will own the quality of our product across Staging, UAT, and Production. You will work with an international, cross-functional team to support a fast weekly release cycle, combining thorough manual testing with automation and AI-assisted tools.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Perform extensive manual testing across Staging, UAT, and Production environments.
2. Define, implement, and maintain test plans, test specifications, and test suites using Jest or other libraries.
3. Execute UI, Functional, Smoke, Usability, Sanity, and API testing using tools like Postman and Swagger.
4. Investigate, identify, document, and report defects and inconsistencies found during testing and on newly reported issues.
5. Establish the QA flow for End-to-End (E2E) testing to support the weekly release of at least five features, ensuring minimal defects.
6. Write automated user acceptance tests using Node.js, Playwright, and TypeScript for the Jest test automation framework.
7. Work with an international remote team across different time zones to implement and execute test strategies on all supported platforms and languages, improving quality and test coverage.
8. Collaborate with the crossfunctional team to support investigations or troubleshoot and verify fixes.
9. Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., for test case generation, test automation, and bug analysis) to improve testing efficiency and coverage, while validating the output to ensure accuracy.

Qualifications:

1. 2-4 years of experience as a QA Engineer, Tester, or Software Development Engineer in Test.
2. Based in Malaysia.
3. Experience with UI and API testing. Familiarity with automation tools like Playwright is a plus.
4. Proficiency in manual testing across various environments and testing types.
5. Experience working with software that has heavy features and complex interactions. Experience in a B2B environment is a plus.
6. Must be able to converse comfortably in English, as you will be working with SG co-founders and team members in English conversations.
7. Excellent problem-solving and investigation skills for identifying software issues.
8. Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
9. Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and consistently meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.
10. Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., Claude) and a willingness to integrate them into the QA workflow is a plus.
11. Proactive, vigilant, resilient, responsible, and collaborative.

Additional Information

• All interviews and communication will be conducted in English.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Originally posted on Himalayas