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You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation.
Our Why At Dotmatics
At Dotmatics, a Siemens company, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive. Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.
We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.
We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.
Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.
Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics
Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.
You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.
We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.
What do we need
As a Manual Exploratory Tester (User Testing) , you will play a critical role in validating the quality of our Luma platform. You will focus on exploratory/user testing—investigating new features, workflows, and edge cases to uncover unexpected behaviours and usability issues. You’ll work closely with developers, product owners, and automation engineers to ensure defects are caught early, well-documented, and resolved quickly.
A background in science (chemistry, biology, or related field) is required as you will understand the scientific workflows and real-world use cases of our customers.
Conduct exploratory and manual testing (UAT) across web-based applications within the Luma platform.
Develop tests/exploratory test guides to ensure business requirements are met and provide detailed feedback to design/product.
Validate new features, integrations, and scientific workflows, ensuring functionality aligns with product requirements and user expectations.
Log clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers for quick resolution.
Provide critical feedback on usability, scientific workflow efficiency, and overall user experience.
Collaborate with automation engineers to identify areas suitable for automated coverage and review assertions.
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release readiness activities.
Advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
We are looking for people who have an education in, or significant work experience in Biology, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences or similar scientific field and can demonstrate experience as a User Tester, Scientific Application administrator/owner, Software Tester, QA Analyst/User Testing, with a strong focus on exploratory testing
The key skills we are looking for
Extensive knowledge of biology or chemistry, with the ability to understand and test scientific user experiences and workflows.
Experience using or testing scientific/informatics software, ideally within a scientific environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with curiosity to probe beyond obvious test cases.
Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot inconsistencies, edge cases and usability issues.
Personal experience using AI-driven tools and workflows to support day-to-day work.
Understanding of SaaS architecture, integrations and security.
Experience testing SaaS or complex web applications
Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Zephyr Scale, or similar test management/bug tracking systems
Hands-on experience with backend validation, including API testing and database checks
Calling APIs with tools like Postman/Bruno
Practical knowledge of GraphQL, including querying, mutations, and schema validation
experience with backend validation of APIs, services, and database interactions to ensure data integrity and system reliability.
Tools like Postman/Bruno for RESTful API testing and validate GraphQL queries/mutations against backend services.
Research shows us the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.
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