Responsibilities
Testing & Quality Assurance
• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for React-based
frontend and FastAPI/Python backend systems
• Validate REST APIs, data flows, and database integrity across the full application stack
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Test and validate medical imaging workflows including DICOM data handling and HL7
messaging
Collaboration & Process
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and clinical stakeholders to
understand requirements and define acceptance criteria
• Participate in code reviews from a QA perspective and contribute to shift-left testing
practices
• Identify, document, and track defects using issue tracking tools; follow up through to
resolution
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated tests and ensuring quality gates
Documentation & Compliance
• Maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and QA documentation
• Support compliance and audit activities relevant to healthcare software standards
• Contribute to team discussions on quality strategy and continuous improvement
Required Qualifications
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Vitest, Selenium, or
Cypress)
• Proficiency in writing test scripts in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman, pytest, or similar
• Familiarity with SQL databases (MySQL or similar) for data validation
• Understanding of frontend testing concepts for React applications
• Experience with cloud-based application testing (AWS, GCP, or Azure environments)
• Hands-on experience with regression testing — designing regression suites and
ensuring build stability across releases
• Experience with load and performance testing using tools such as JMeter, Locust, k6, or
similar
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• ~2 years’ experience with software development/testing
• JLPT N1 or N2 certification
• Strong written and spoken Japanese and English communication skills
• Prior experience working onsite in Japan
• Experience working with Japanese clients
Good to Have
• Exposure to medical imaging or healthcare systems (DICOM, HL7, FHIR)
• Familiarity with pydicom, hl7apy, or similar healthcare data tools
• Experience with containerised environments using Docker
• Experience working in distributed or remote-first teams
• Awareness of healthcare software compliance standards (e.g., FDA, CE, ISO 13485)
