Company Description:

VR Systems is a Tallahassee-based technology company specializing in election software, with over 30 years of experience supporting the elections community. Our software spans internal election management systems through public-facing websites. Ongoing legislative and technological change requires us to remain adaptable, precise, and innovative while delivering reliable software our customers depend on.

Position Description

The Software Quality Assurance Analyst ensures software correctness by interpreting requirements, validating complex business logic, and identifying defects that impact functionality, usability, and compliance.

This role focuses on understanding how features should behave across real-world workflows and verifying that system behavior aligns with defined business rules and legislative requirements. The QA Analyst serves as a key safeguard for product correctness in a regulated environment, working closely with Product Management, Development, and Customer Support to support reliable releases.

This is an analytical, product-embedded quality role. While familiarity with automation concepts is helpful, this position is not focused on building or maintaining automation frameworks.

Position Responsibilities

Requirements Interpretation & Validation
Translate business and legislative requirements into structured, traceable validation approaches
Evaluate system behavior across workflows to confirm alignment with defined business rules and expected outcomes
Identify edge cases, rule-driven scenarios, and cross-feature impacts that may affect correctness or compliance
Testing & Investigation
Execute structured, primarily manual validation testing across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance scenarios
Use SQL as needed to support validation of business rules and system behavior
Investigate defects and inconsistencies across systems and environments
Document defects clearly and collaborate with Development teams through resolution and verification
Collaboration & Product Partnership
Partner with Product Management and Development to clarify requirements and participate in design reviews with a focus on correctness and testability
Work with Customer Support to analyze and reproduce customer-reported issues
Develop working knowledge of related products and integrations to assess cross-system impacts
Process & Continuous Improvement
Participate in Agile ceremonies, providing QA insight, risk identification, and status updates
Contribute to improvements in testing practices, documentation clarity, and quality processes
Occasional Duties
Participate in requirements gathering activities
Review legislative changes and assess potential impact on existing functionality
Perform related business analysis tasks as needed

Job Requirements

Required
U.S. citizen based in Tallahassee, FL
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience
3–5 years of experience as a QA Analyst or similar quality-focused role
Strong understanding of QA principles and Agile development methodologies
Demonstrated ability to write and use SQL queries to support testing and validation
Experience using test management and defect tracking tools
Strong analytical reasoning skills and attention to detail
Ability to interpret complex requirements and evaluate logical correctness
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and adapt to changing needs
High integrity and commitment to quality in a regulated environment
Availability for occasional evening or weekend work to support releases
Preferred
Experience testing web-based applications
Familiarity with automation concepts (framework ownership not required)

Benefits

The ability to be a member of our employee-owned company (ESOP) since VR Systems is 100% owned by the employees
An annual salary commensurate with your experience and work-related skills
100% health and dental insurance premiums covered for the employee
50% health and dental insurance for employee dependents
Long-term disability and life insurance coverage
Matching contributions to a 401k plan
Paid vacation and personal time

Occasional periods of travel are required. Due to the requirement to travel to customers’ sites employees must be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license. This is a salaried position and may require work beyond the normal 40 hour work week to accomplish the job duties. This position is classified as exempt and covered under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Work Environment & Physical Demands

VR Systems is a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee will be required to work extended hours. The employee is frequently required to sit for long period of times and must have the ability to lift 35 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Software QA Analyst