Software Quality Assurance Sr. Analyst

Client: Munich Reinsurance America Inc.
Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid- 2/3 days onsite in a week)
Local candidates only

This role sits at the intersection of product understanding, test design, and technical analysis, working closely with developers and Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs).

Key Responsibilities:
Design, maintain, and execute clear, structured test cases based on
product specifications, acceptance criteria, and technical designs.
? Translate product requirements and implementation logic into meaningful
test coverage, including edge cases and negative scenarios.
? Actively analyze defects:
? Reproduce issues reliably
? Investigate root causes
? Provide actionable insights to developers
? Collaborate closely with SDETs by:
? Providing input on test scenarios and system behavior
? Explaining business logic and edge cases
? Helping shape automation coverage strategy
? Ensure test work is visible and traceable within the development lifecycle
by linking test cases, execution results, and defects to requirements,
development tasks, and releases.
? Participate in refinement, grooming, and release discussions to ensure
quality is built in early.
? Maintain accurate and up-to-date test documentation and execution
results in TestRail.
? Track defects, test tasks, and quality risks using Azure Boards.
? Validate complex workflows typical to a cybersecurity SaaS platform
(scans, reports, configurations, permissions, user flows).

Core Skills & Mindset:
? 3 5 years of experience in software quality assurance.
? Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills.
? Ability to craft test cases from specifications, not just from UI behavior.
? Comfortable reasoning about:
? Data flows
? State transitions
? Business rules
? Failure modes
? Confidence in debugging and issue analysis, including reading logs,
inspecting responses, and isolating root causes.
? Clear communicator who can explain why something fails, not just that it
fails.
Collaboration & Process
? Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
? Comfortable working closely with:
? Developers
? Product managers
? SDETs

? Able to give structured input to automation efforts without needing to
write automation themselves.
? Values quality as a shared responsibility, not a final gate.

Tools & Technologies
? Test Management: TestRail
? Work Tracking: Azure Boards
? Testing Types: Functional, regression, exploratory, and integration testing
? Nice to Have:
? API testing experience
? Basic understanding of test automation concepts (Playwright, API
automation, CI pipelines)
? Experience with SaaS platforms, security products, or complex
configuration-driven systems