Job Description
Our story
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values:
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, write, and execute test cases and test scenarios based on user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Perform manual testing of web applications, APIs, and back-end systems, ensuring full coverage.
- Collaborate with automation engineers and contribute to automation test case design and execution (if skilled).
- Log, track, and verify bugs through defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
- Participate in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.
- Validate fixes and conduct regression testing to ensure stability across releases.
- Communicate test results, issues, and risks to the QA Manager and cross-functional teams.
- Ensure test documentation is up to date and maintained in tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, or Xray.
- Work closely with the QA Manager to continuously improve QA processes, tools, and standards.
- Support performance testing and test data management activities when required.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- 3–6 years of experience in software quality assurance.
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing types, and Agile principles.
- Proficiency in manual testing with working knowledge of automation testing tools such as Selenium or Functionize.
- Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman or SOAPUI.
- Experience in defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, TestRail).
- Basic understanding of CI/CD environments and source control (e.g., Jenkins, Git).
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative Agile team environment.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Inclusion
We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
