Job description

What are we building? Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social casino company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating, and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically. Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us? What’s the position? We are looking for an experienced Senior Manual QA Engineer to help deliver reliable player experiences across critical customer journeys including authentication, account management, promotions, rewards, and geolocation. This includes validating bonus and promo eligibility logic, loyalty point and tier mechanics, and redemption flows. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality and stability of our sportsbook and casino platforms across web, mobile, API, and backend systems. This role requires strong hands-on testing expertise, an ownership mindset, and demonstrated experience using AI-assisted tools to improve QA effectiveness. What you’ll do • Participate in all stages of the SDLC to ensure product quality and release readiness • Review product and technical requirements to develop effective test strategies and coverage • Design, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and exploratory testing strategies across web, mobile, API, and backend systems • Conduct regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing for critical player-facing features • Identify, document, track, and help troubleshoot defects through resolution • Assess release risk and provide QA recommendations for complex features and customer journeys • Partner with Engineering and Product teams to identify risks early and improve quality throughout development • Use tools such as Postman, Swagger, DevTools, Charles Proxy, Proxyman, and emulators to validate functionality and investigate issues • Validate backend integrations and data consistency using SQL queries and debugging tools • Use AI-assisted tools to improve test coverage, accelerate defect investigation, and increase QA efficiency • Mentor junior and mid-level QA engineers on testing best practices and debugging techniques • Take ownership of testing strategy and execution for complex features and initiatives • Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and test coverage

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What are we building?
What’s the position?
What you’ll do
Participate in all stages of the SDLC to ensure product quality and release readiness
Review product and technical requirements to develop effective test strategies and coverage
Design, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and exploratory testing strategies across web, mobile, API, and backend systems
Conduct regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing for critical player-facing features
Identify, document, track, and help troubleshoot defects through resolution
Assess release risk and provide QA recommendations for complex features and customer journeys
Partner with Engineering and Product teams to identify risks early and improve quality throughout development
Use tools such as Postman, Swagger, DevTools, Charles Proxy, Proxyman, and emulators to validate functionality and investigate issues
Validate backend integrations and data consistency using SQL queries and debugging tools
Use AI-assisted tools to improve test coverage, accelerate defect investigation, and increase QA efficiency
Mentor junior and mid-level QA engineers on testing best practices and debugging techniques
Take ownership of testing strategy and execution for complex features and initiatives
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and test coverage

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