Senior QA Engineer (f/m/d) - Remote Europe

About Us

Otera ( otera.ai ) is an agentic-native and purpose-built platform for global enterprises such as Allianz, Siemens, Bayer, and Zurich Insurance to build, deploy, and manage Autonomous AI Agents- turning manual, fragmented processes into autonomous operations at scale.

Otera's agents handle end-to-end business processes: reasoning across complex documents, scaling consistent high-quality decisions based on intricate business rules, and operationalizing tribal knowledge that traditionally lived only in the heads of experienced staff.

With €15 million raised in a Series A funding round co-led by Red River West, Alpha Intelligence Capital , and Hoxton Ventures, and the support of existing investors Lunar Ventures and Stride VC , we are accelerating our vision to become the go-to provider for AI-driven automation solutions across the globe.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly autonomous Senior QA Engineer to join our QA team, currently a tight-knit, two-person unit. You will be partnering closely with a rapidly growing engineering team that is pushing the boundaries of agentic AI. As our developer headcount expands, we need a senior generalist who can step in, divide the massive surface area of our product, and take complete ownership of quality for specific domains.

In this role, you will operate as a true peer, splitting the workload across everything from deep exploratory testing to writing technical documentation and presenting features to internal teams. While manual and exploratory testing is the core of this position, we heavily value a desire to learn and contribute to our automated test suites over time.

This is a deeply collaborative, hands-on individual contributor role designed for a senior problem-solver who thrives in startup ambiguity. You will have the freedom to shift seamlessly between hunting down edge cases, refining vague specs with a growing roster of developers, creating feature docs, and shaping how our two-person QA team scales its impact alongside the wider engineering organization.

This is not a people-management role. Your leverage comes from bringing clarity to feature specs, disciplined prioritization during high-volume releases, and a deep understanding of the product, not from managing engineers directly.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Exploratory Testing

- Map out and execute deep exploratory and user-centric manual testing, focusing on unmapped edge cases, complex data migrations, and high-risk workflows - Act as the final human judgment layer for critical releases within your assigned product domains - Prioritize workloads and testing efforts effectively during high-volume periods or when tackling wide-impact fixes - Identify, communicate, and clearly document risks, issues, and concerns regarding new features early in the development lifecycle

Engineering Partnership & Quality Advocacy

- Discuss, challenge, and refine vague feature specifications with developers to ensure clarity before and during execution - Work closely alongside a growing team of developers on a daily basis to foster a culture of quality and shared responsibility - Surface testing risks, technical dependencies, and open questions early to avoid late-stage surprises during the release process

About You

Must-Have

- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance as a Senior Manual QA within fast-paced software environments - Proactive and autonomous mindset to contribute and consolidate the feature development cycle - Exceptional exploratory testing skills with a strong ability to think like the end-user and investigate beyond standard test cases - Proven ability to pinpoint high-risk areas, strategically focus testing efforts, and prioritize workloads during high-volume release periods - High autonomy and startup tolerance; you confidently navigate ambiguity and push to discuss and refine vague specifications with developers before execution - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate risks, issues, and feature concerns to the engineering team - Strong command of agile product delivery practices, issue tracking, and defect triage processes - Demonstrated effectiveness in fast-paced, high-stakes, and complex delivery environments

Strong Plus

- Experience with Frontend/E2E test automation, or a highly demonstrable desire to learn and contribute to an existing automation framework - Experience working in remote-first setups with multi-lingual, multi-cultural teams across time zones - Ability to create technical enablement materials (user guides, video walkthroughs) and host internal feature presentations - Habit of utilizing AI tools to improve your day-to-day testing and workflow efficiency - Prior exposure to testing AI-driven enterprise products, LLMs, or agentic systems

Compensation, Perks & Benefits

- High Impact: Directly influence the quality, stability, and release confidence of our most critical customer projects and shape how our users experience the product. - Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with the latest advancements in agentic AI and automation. - Growth Opportunity: Be among the first 80 and join a rapidly scaling company with significant opportunities for professional development and expanding your technical skillset. - Remote Work & Culture: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere. - Exceptional Team: Collaborate with a world-class, driven, and supportive engineering team. - Competitive Package: Highly competitive salary, significant equity, and comprehensive benefits.