QA Analyst

Power Costs Inc. (PCI) is the premier provider of software, superior customer support, and value-added services for energy companies worldwide. For almost 30-years, PCI has set the standard for developing customer-focused, customer-driven software to meet the constantly evolving needs of ISO/RTO market participants and bilateral traders. More than 50% of all the power generated in North America is optimized using the PCI Platform. 70% of Fortune 500 Utilities in the U.S. utilize PCI software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated end-to-end test suites based on real user workflows.
• Establish patterns, best practices and framework/methodologies to do effective product testing
• Collaborate with product managers and sales teams to gather client use cases and convert them into detailed workflow test cases with clearly documented expected behaviors.
• Validate that product features meet business requirements as defined by product owners.
• Work closely with developers to establish effective test strategies, including test data planning, feature testability, and appropriate test coverage (unit, integration, e2e).
• Maintain and update the test suite as product features evolve.
• Act as power users of new features after testing, helping to surface usability and edge case issues.
• Collaborate on root cause analysis and investigation when test failures or client-reported bugs occur.
• Ensure automation coverage is updated for major bug fixes.
• Provide feedback on design gaps and raise quality concerns early in the development cycle.
• Help define when and how often e2e tests should run, following testing pyramid best practices (unit → integration → e2e).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field
• 4+ years of experience in QA (manual and automation)
• Strong experience in automated testing, especially at the end-to-end and integration level.
• Experience in at least one of the following languages: Java/TypeScript/JavaScript
• Familiar with tools like JUnit, Karate, Postman, Spring Boot Contract
• Experience in frontend testing using Jest and Playwright
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with product managers, developers, and stakeholders.
• Should be able to context switch and have the ability to work with multiple systems
• Advanced English (spoken and written)
• Availability to work onsite from Tuesday to Thursday in Magdalena, Lima

Nice to Have:

• Background in the Energy, Trading, or Scheduling industries
• Experience with Python 
• Experience defining or standardizing testing strategies in development teams

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Clear career growth opportunities.
• 100% Private Health Insurance coverage.
• Hybrid work model
• Unlimited snacks and beverages available in the office