QA Analyst 3

Job Title:

QA Analyst 3

Location:

Menlo Park CA (Hybrid - 3 days/week onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

• As a QA Contractor, you will play a key role in ensuring product quality by executing and improving test processes, collaborating with engineering and QA leads, and supporting the delivery of high-quality features. This role is designed for individuals who can operate independently, contribute to test strategy, and take ownership of execution within defined scopes.

• Execute and maintain manual and automated test cases for new and existing features.
• Reproduce, document, and triage bugs; work closely with engineering to drive resolution.
• Write and maintain clear, comprehensive test cases and test plans.
• Support QA leads in driving test strategy and test plan creation.
• Create and maintain dashboards to track quality metrics and test progress.
• Conduct Product Audits with QA leads' guidance to analyze/improve QA test coverage.
• Conduct Bug Audits with QA leads' guidance to analyse/identify product areas that need improvement.
• Provide Release readiness support for Medium/small size features.
• Lead test execution for small to medium-sized projects or features.
• Attend status meetings and represent QA in the absence of QA leads.
• Work onsite as needed to collaborate directly with engineering and QA teams, ensuring product rigor.
• Support stealth projects which require a higher level of diligence in execution.
• Run and lead testing techniques like benchmarking testing, battery testing, performance testing

• 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance or a related field.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience writing and executing test cases and test plans.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience with dashboarding tools and quality metrics is a plus.
• Comfortable working onsite and engaging directly with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with python, java script, SQL

Minimum Years of

Experience:

7+

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or relevant field required

• The role will focus on testing Monetization related features.
• Work involves testing new features/concepts (not tied to a single AI tool), using Meta tools/apps.
• There may be overtime / early-late coordination due to collaboration with offshore teams in India and Mexico, especially for complex test setup and coordination.

• This role is added to support Monetization Business Messaging Platform feature testing.
• The role is intended to be hands-on, technically strong QA (automation understanding, code reading, benchmarking, AI tools)
• It likely fits as embedded QA support partnering with the Monetization engineering/product team, and may involve coordination with offshore teams (India/Mexico) with some potential for overtime due to time zones.

Business Messaging Platform

This is a quality engineering team focused on helping large-scale consumer apps ship reliable, high-quality experiences across frequent releases. The team partners with engineering, product, and design to identify risks early, validate end-to-end functionality, and improve overall product stability and user experience. The team supports products used by people around the world-including social networking, messaging, and content platforms-and works across modern technologies, including AI-powered features (e.g., natural language and machine learning).

Team members collaborate in a fast-paced environment, learn continuously, and contribute directly to delivering dependable products at scale.

• Delivery/execution: on-time test coverage for Monetization launches, clear status updates, good triage/bug hygiene
• Quality impact: finding valid issues early (esp. higher-severity), preventing regressions from reaching production
• Technical strength/independence: can debug, read code, understand automation/benchmarking, and reduce dependence on eng
• Collaboration:
  
  effective coordination with offshore teams (India/Mexico) and flexibility when needed. What success looks like:
• They own QA for Monetization Business messaging platform features…