QA Engineer Intern (English Speaking)

**Top 3 reasons to join us** ---------------------------- * Competitive salary packages. * Dynamic and open-sharing working environment. * Hybrid and flexible working mode. **Job description** ------------------- **Job Description** ------------------- Spartan is a venture studio building and scaling zero-to-one startups alongside founders from **VC (YC, PearVC, a16z, BlingCap), Stanford, Uber, and Amazon**. Every project operates like a mini-startup: small teams, fast feedback loops, and high ownership. As a **QA Intern**, you'll work on real production products shipped to real users, learn directly from QA engineers who've shipped at startup speed, and get exposure to **AI-native QA workflows** that most QA teams aren't doing yet. **️ What you'll do** -------------------- **Hands-on Testing:** Run functional, exploratory, and API testing on real products before they ship to users. **Bug Hunting \& Reporting:** Investigate issues deeply, reproduce them reliably, and write bug reports clear enough that developers can fix without follow-up questions. **Learn Risk-Based Thinking:** Work alongside QA engineers to understand *what* to test, *how much* to test, and *when* a feature is good enough to ship. **Collaborate Across the Team:** Join standups, PRD reviews, and release calls. Ask questions, surface edge cases, and learn how startups make quality decisions in real time. **Explore AI Testing:** Get hands-on with modern tooling (LLM-assisted test generation, AI-powered exploratory testing) and contribute ideas on how we test AI features. **Tools you'll learn** ---------------------- **QA workflow:** Jira • Notion • Postman • Basic SQL (MySQL) **Testing:** Functional • API • Exploratory • Cross-browser/device **Automation basics:** Playwright or Cypress **AI-native QA:** LLM-assisted test generation, evals, prompt regression **Your skills and experience** ------------------------------ **What we're looking for** -------------------------- ### **Must-have** Strong English communication (written and verbal) to work directly with international clients and founders. Foundational understanding of QA: test cases, bug life cycle, and core testing types (functional, regression, exploratory). A curious, detail-oriented mindset — you naturally notice when something feels off and want to dig in. A strong product mindset, comfortable operating without a perfect spec. ### **Nice-to-have** Hands-on experience with **Jira, Notion, Postman**, or basic **SQL**. Personal projects, coursework, or freelance work where you tested software (even informally). Familiarity with **Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium** basics. Interest in testing **AI / LLM-powered features**. Basic understanding of how web APIs, browsers, or mobile apps work under the hood. **Why you'll love working here** -------------------------------- * 100% salary during probation * Competitive compensation packages * Unlimited PTO \+ public holidays * Hybrid working model * Flexible working hours * Macbook provided * Premium healthcare insurance \& annual health-check * Social insurance in accordance with Labor Law * Training and career development opportunities * An open and transparent culture where people are valued, treated fairly, trusted, and empowered * Sponsoring sports participation costs - We have play hours where our team meets up for PS5 Gaming and Football sessions, also with a Strava Yearly Subscription * Challenging yourself with high and difficult goals by participating in unprecedented business models in the market. * Working in an environment that is highly flexible and open, eager to incubate any valuable idea. **Why Spartan** --------------- * More than 50 MVPs launched * 3 IPOs and over $100M raised by our partners * 95% engineer retention * You will own real problems, ship real features, and grow fast