- Title: Manual Quality Assurance Tester
- Location: Lenexa, KS — On-site Monday/Wednesday/Friday (remote Tuesday & Thursday)
- Engagement Type: 6-month contract (with strong likelihood of extension after quality delivery)
- Eligibility: Candidates must be authorized to work and reside in the United States and be physically located in the greater Kansas City area. No Corp-to-Corp (C2C) or Contract-to-Hire (C2H). At this time, Keyhole Software is unable to provide visa sponsorship.
About the Role
Keyhole Software is seeking a Manual QA Tester to support a long-term, highly valued enterprise client in the Kansas City area. This is a client-facing consulting role where you will work alongside product owners, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable software.
This engagement offers excellent team culture, strong delivery practices, and the opportunity to make an immediate impact on a mature product environment with consistent roadmap investment.This role is ideal for a tester who enjoys working across the full application stack—validating UI, APIs, and database layers—and can ramp up quickly in a fast-moving product environment.
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role in a multi-application environment. Success here comes from being engaged, adaptable, and willing to jump in where needed — learning new workflows quickly, supporting a wide range of systems, and helping the team get high-quality work across the finish line. Over time, there will be opportunities to help modernize testing practices and improve how quality is approached across the portfolio.
Your Responsibilities
- Execute manual functional, regression, and exploratory testing
- Create, maintain, and enhance test cases and test plans
- Identify, document, and track defects through resolution
- Work closely with developers and product owners to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria
- Participate in sprint ceremonies and story grooming
- Validate new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in a fast-moving environment
- Perform end-to-end and UI testing across integrated systems
- Execute API testing using tools such as Postman
- Perform SQL-based data validation to confirm system behavior and expected outcomes
- Ensure releases meet quality standards before production deployment
- Provide clear, actionable feedback that improves product quality and team velocity
- Ramp up quickly on a variety of applications and business workflows
- Operate as a flexible, “get it done” quality partner across multiple workstreams
- Help identify opportunities to improve and modernize testing practices over time
Required Qualifications
- Highly engaged, self-directed, and comfortable working in environments with evolving priorities and multiple applications
- 3+ years of professional experience in manual software testing
- Strong experience with:
- Test case creation and execution
- Defect tracking and test management tools
- Agile / Scrum delivery environments
- Advanced SQL skills for data validation and backend testing
- Hands-on experience with API testing using tools such as Postman
- Experience testing web-based applications
- Proven ability to learn quickly in new systems, workflows, and business domains
- Exceptional attention to detail with a quality-first mindset
- Ability to interpret business and technical requirements and translate them into test scenarios
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in enterprise environments
- Familiarity with test management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira, qTest, TestRail)
- Experience supporting UAT and release cycles
- Previous consulting experience
- Exposure to test automation frameworks (nice to have, not required)
Why Join Keyhole Software?
At Keyhole Software, you’ll enjoy the variety of working on long-term, high-impact client engagements.
- Established Client Relationship: Join a project with a trusted, long-term Keyhole client and a strong delivery track record
- Collaborative Culture: Work alongside senior consultants who value quality, communication, and craftsmanship
- Meaningful Work: Contribute to real products used by real customers—not short-term, disposable projects
- Career Growth: Opportunities to expand into automation, leadership, or multi-project consulting paths
- Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive pay, health coverage, 401(k), and more
At Keyhole Software, you’re not just taking on a contract—you’re joining a team that is committed to your long-term success and professional development.
What We Offer
Competitive Compensation: Hourly rate based on experience and qualifications
Comprehensive Benefits Package (for full-time Keyhole employees):
- Medical insurance (traditional & HDHP options)
- Dental and vision insurance
- FSA & dependent care options
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with discretionary employer contributions
- Supplemental insurance options
Collaborative Team Environment: Access to a highly experienced consulting network for ongoing growth and support.
Apply
To apply, please send a personalized email to [email protected], including:
- A copy of your resume
- Your current city and state
- A brief summary of your qualifications for this role
We only consider candidates based in the United States (with preference for those in the Kansas City area). We do not engage candidates on a 1099 or Corp-to-Corp (C2C) basis. All interviews are conducted live (in person or video), and we take care to verify identities, backgrounds, and work histories to ensure an authentic hiring process.