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Quality Assurance Engineer (Contractor) - Palo Alto

Plaud

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San Francisco, CA · Posted September 15, 2026

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About the job

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