Manual Quality Assurance Engineer, SIMBA Team - Bogotá, Colombia

Manual Quality Assurance Engineer, SIMBA Team

Our team is committed to changing the way people read and with our exponential growth, we are looking for a strong QA engineer to help us for our SIMBA Team. We love a commitment to quality and risk assessment, maintaining documentation, and curiosity of testing trends and industry standards. This is a full-time remote role and can be based anywhere globally.

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute detailed manual test plans and test cases for the SIMBA Team, ensuring strong functional coverage across core user flows and edge cases.
• Perform hands-on manual testing across browsers and devices to validate new features, bug fixes, and releases.
• Collaborate closely with engineers and product teams to identify, reproduce, isolate, and document defects, providing clear steps, expected vs. actual results, and supporting evidence.
• Maintain clear and organized QA documentation, including test cases, regression suites, test reports, and release validation summaries.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Customer Support to ensure issues are triaged correctly and prioritized based on user impact.
• Participate in Agile workflows including daily standups, sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives, ensuring QA is embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
• Execute regression testing and release validation to ensure product quality and stability prior to launch.
• Continuously identify ways to improve manual QA processes, test coverage, and communication between teams.

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• B.S. in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in manual QA testing, with a strong focus on Web applications
• Strong understanding of QA fundamentals including test planning, test case design, regression testing, exploratory testing, and bug reporting
• Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating cross functionally with engineering and product teams
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to isolate root causes and communicate issues clearly
• Strong written communication skills, especially when documenting defects and test results
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, Linear, or similar bug tracking/project management systems
• Experience using browser developer tools to assist with debugging and issue reproduction

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with accessibility testing and familiarity with WCAG guidelines
• Familiarity with text-to-speech technologies or audio-based products
• Exposure to test automation tools (even if not responsible for building automation)
• Experience validating APIs using tools like Postman

Why Speechify SIMBA

• Sell a product that genuinely impresses prospects — sub-second latency and 71+ languages speaks for itself
• High ownership role with direct input on GTM strategy and positioning
• Work alongside a team that stays embedded with customers, so you're never selling something that doesn't deliver
• Competitive base + commission, equity, and benefits
• Fast-moving startup environment where your wins have outsized impact