About Parspec
Parspec is building the AI and digital infrastructure for the construction materials supply chain.
Construction is a $15 trillion industry, yet the systems that underpin the buying and selling of materials remain fragmented, manual, and disconnected. Distributors and rep agencies rely on spreadsheets, PDFs, phone calls, and siloed tools to find new products and quote and manage projects; creating delays, errors, and margin erosion across the supply chain.
Parspec is an AI-native platform that powers how construction products are discovered, bought, and sold. Trusted by more than 300 MEP distributors and rep agencies, Parspec helps project-driven businesses bid faster, win more work, and operate more profitably. By combining product intelligence, AI-powered workflows, and a connected ecosystem, Parspec is laying the foundation for a more intelligent, efficient construction supply chain.
The Opportunity
Senior Manual QA Engineer manual testing, exploratory validation and end-to-end quality ownership.
data pipelines, search services, crawler infrastructure and platform APIs.
breaking complex systems, deeply understanding product workflows and driving quality across distributed architectures.
What You Will Achieve and Key Responsibilities
Manual Testing & Product Quality (Primary Focus)
- Ownend-to-end manual validationof platform features across crawler, search, APIs and platform services.
- Designcomprehensive test scenarios, exploratory testing strategies, and edge-case validationfor complex workflows.
- Validatedata accuracy, product extraction, classification and search resultsacross construction product datasets.
- Conductfunctional, regression, integration and exploratory testingacross UI, APIs, and backend services.
- Work closely with product managers and engineers to ensurefeature completeness, usability and data integrity.
- Hands-on experience ofproject and defect managementon tools likeJIRA/Confluence.
end-to-end manual validation
comprehensive test scenarios, exploratory testing strategies, and edge-case validation
data accuracy, product extraction, classification and search results
functional, regression, integration and exploratory testing
feature completeness, usability and data integrity
project and defect management JIRA/Confluence.
Data & Search Validation
- Partner with search engineers to validatequery relevance, ranking accuracy, result completeness and performance SLAs.
query relevance, ranking accuracy, result completeness and performance SLAs
Performance & Reliability Testing
- Execute and supportperformance testing initiatives (JMeter or similar).
- Identify potentialperformance bottlenecks and system edge casesin distributed services.
performance testing initiatives (JMeter or similar)
performance bottlenecks and system edge cases
Observability & Debugging
- Use monitoring and observability tools such asAWS CloudWatch, Grafana and Prometheusto debug issues and validate system behavior.
- Assist inroot cause analysis of production issuesand ensure strong regression coverage.
AWS CloudWatch, Grafana and Prometheus
root cause analysis of production issues
QA Strategy & Process Improvement
- Introduceshift-left testing practices, improving test coverage earlier in the development lifecycle.
- Improve QA processes includingtest documentation, regression suites, and release validation frameworks.
- Drivequality ownership across engineering teamsand promote best practices in testing.
- LeverageAI-assisted QA tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or similar)to acceleratetest case generation, test data creation, exploratory testing support, and faster validation cycles.
- Use AI-assisted workflows to improvetest coverage, defect analysis, and productivity in manual and automation testing.
shift-left testing practices
test documentation, regression suites, and release validation frameworks
quality ownership across engineering teams
AI-assisted QA tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or similar) test case generation, test data creation, exploratory testing support, and faster validation cycles
test coverage, defect analysis, and productivity in manual and automation testing
Who You Are
detail-oriented QA professional
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
- Strong experience inmanual testing of complex web platforms and APIs.
- Experience testingdistributed systems, microservices, and data pipelines.
- StrongAPI testing experienceusingPostman, Playwright, or similar tools.
- Hands-on experience withAWS services.
- Familiarity withCI/CD workflows such as GitHub Actions.
- Experience withperformance testing tools (JMeter or similar).
- Strongdebugging skillsand ability to analyzelogs, metrics, and system behavior.
- Experience usingAI-powered developer tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or similar)for:Test case and test scenario generationAutomation script assistanceTest data generationRoot cause analysis and faster debuggingImprovingQA productivity and test execution efficiency.
- Test case and test scenario generation
- Automation script assistance
- Test data generation
- Root cause analysis and faster debugging
- ImprovingQA productivity and test execution efficiency.
7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance
manual testing of complex web platforms and APIs
distributed systems, microservices, and data pipelines
API testing experience Postman, Playwright, or similar tools
AWS services
CI/CD workflows such as GitHub Actions
performance testing tools (JMeter or similar)
debugging skills logs, metrics, and system behavior
AI-powered developer tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or similar)
Test case and test scenario generation
Automation script assistance
Test data generation
Root cause analysis and faster debugging
QA productivity and test execution efficiency
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working withsearch systems (Elasticsearch / AWS OpenSearch)
- Familiarity withautomation frameworks built in Playwright/TypeScript
- Understanding ofdistributed system architecture
- Experience working indata-heavy or platform-based products
- Exposure toobservability tools such as Grafana
- Experience inAgile environments and sprint-based delivery models
search systems (Elasticsearch / AWS OpenSearch)
automation frameworks built in Playwright/TypeScript
distributed system architecture
data-heavy or platform-based products
observability tools such as Grafana
Agile environments and sprint-based delivery models
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits, including family insurance coverage, free health teleconsultations, and learning/upskilling budgets
- Equity in the company
- Flexible hours and a hybrid work setup
- Unlimited PTO
- Opportunity to grow with a fast-scaling company transforming a large market
- Preferred Location: San Mateo, with regular in-office presence
Competitive salary and benefits, including family insurance coverage, free health teleconsultations, and learning/upskilling budgets
Equity in the company
Flexible hours and a hybrid work setup
Unlimited PTO
Opportunity to grow with a fast-scaling company transforming a large market
Preferred Location: San Mateo, with regular in-office presence
Join Us
At Parspec, we recognize that traditional job descriptions donāt always capture the full range of your unique abilitiesāand thatās perfectly okay. You may not meet every requirement, but if you bring a mix of experiences, fresh perspectives, and a passion that aligns with our mission, we want to hear from you!
The Parspec team believes that varied backgrounds drive better outcomes and fuel innovation. We are a team of self-starters that lead from every seat. We think big, set a standard of excellence and are committed to diversity and a discrimination-free workplace. We welcome applicants from all walks of life to join us and help shape the future at Parspec.