Quality Assurance Engineer (Contractor) - Palo Alto

About Plaud Inc. Plaud is building the real-world AI interface for professionals to amplify intelligence, elevate productivity and performance, loved by over 3,000,000 users worldwide since 2023. With a mission to amplify human intelligence, Plaud captures, structures, and compounds the intelligence generated in conversations — so humans can think better, decide faster, and execute with clarity. Plaud Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company. With GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and EN 18031 compliance, Plaud is committed to the highest standards of data security and privacy protection. To learn more about Plaud, please visit https://www.plaud.ai and follow along on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/plaud_official/, X https://twitter.com/PLAUDAI, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/plaudai, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/plaudai/, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@PLAUDAI. Why You Should Join Us Plaud is building the next generation intelligence infrastructure and interfaces to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think. - Plaud is a bootstrapped, skyrocketing, profitable company with a $250M revenue run rate achieved in just three years. - Define the next-gen paradigm for human-AI interaction. - Gain exposure to cutting-edge AI for Pro tools and play a direct role in our global expansion. - Work with passionate teammates who value innovation, collaboration, and customer success. - Grow your career in a culture that champions continuous learning and fast career development. - Market-competitive compensation, global exposure, and a vibrant, creativity-fueled work atmosphere. What you will do - Perform manual testing of new features and releases across the Plaud Teams, Pricing flow, and Growth projects - Write clear, reproducible bug reports and track resolution with engineering - Develop working knowledge of core user flows: recording, transcription, subscription management, workspace governance, and billing - Contribute to test plans and regression suites ahead of releases - Partner with PMs and engineers to define acceptance criteria before features ship - Validate bug fixes and conduct regression testing Skills, qualifications and experience we look for - 3+ years of QA experience with a strong manual testing focus - Ability to write clear, detailed bug reports and test cases - Experience testing web and mobile (iOS/Android) applications - Experience testing SaaS or subscription-based products preferred - Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Linear, or similar issue trackers - Able to ramp up quickly and work independently with minimal onboarding Compensation: $40-50/hr