Junior QA Specialist - USC / GC

March 7, 2026

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Title: QA Specialist Location: 100% Remote Mode: Contract Client: Mitchell Martin / Capital One Preferred Visa: USC & GC Only Mandatory Skills: Test Engineer with AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databrick, Airflow, Exploratory testing, Integration Testing. Job Description: Role Overview The Solution QA team will focus on exploratory, production-oriented testing across complex data engineering integrations-specifically Snowflake, Databricks, and Slingshot software extensions. This is not a UAT/automation/regression testing role. It's designed to think like a customer, uncover integration issues in production-like environments, and collaborate closely with engineering, product, and support teams. Key Responsibilities • Test in production-like environments to surface issues tied to integrations and extensions within Snowflake and Databricks • Identify and reproduce bugs related to: API failures, Orchestration gaps, Misconfigurations • Validate customer-critical workflows using Airflow, Terraform, DBT, ADF, and relevant data engineering tooling • Assist in reconfiguring environments across AWS and Azure • Communicate findings clearly with engineering, product, and support team • Support upcoming platform changes as Slingshot begins incorporating AI-driven features Experience • 3+ years in QA (must match tools/expectations in JD) • Strong data engineering fundamentals • Hands-on cloud experience: AWS + Azure (both required) • Testing background: • Exploratory testing • Integration testing • Experience with common QA tools (no automation required) Technical Skills • Snowflake • Databricks • APIs (debugging, failure analysis, configuration) • Airflow (familiarity) • Terraform (familiarity) • DBT (familiarity) • Azure Data Factory (familiarity) Additional Notes • Not customer-facing; all interactions are internal • Part of Support under Go-to-Market; manager's background includes Release Engineering • Works with 10-15 product engineering teams • Automation may be encouraged but not required • Team acts as the "customer environment," so multi-cloud knowledge is essential • Can onboard ASAP Apply tot his job

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