About Salient

Salient manufactures and markets video surveillance and video management systems. As an innovative and entrepreneurial company, Salient experienced significant growth in the 2010s, driven by the transition from analog to IP cameras. Salient offers multiple versions of its systems, including a classic on-premise solution, a hybrid cloud option, and a camera-to-cloud solution, allowing end users to select the version that best fits their needs. Our products are built with an open architecture, encouraging seamless integration with leading software providers worldwide.

Role Overview

 As a Quality Assurance Engineer at Salient, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our products. Your keen eye for detail, strong problem-solving skills, and collaborative spirit will be key to your success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and interpret system specifications to understand the overall system architecture and individual components.
• Create and execute detailed test cases to ensure product quality and functionality.
• Report and track bugs using JIRA, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams, Product Management, and Customer Support to perform both functional and non-functional testing.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous process improvements and team-oriented initiatives.
• Leverage AI/LLM tools (e.g., Claude) as part of daily testing workflows, including test case drafting, log analysis, and lightweight scripting for data collection.

Success in This Role Relies On:

• Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to testing, ensuring that all potential issues are identified and addressed
• Collaboration: Working effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure quality at every stage of the product lifecycle
• Adaptability: Being open to learning new tools and technologies, and adapting to changes in a fast-paced environment
• Continuous Improvement: A desire to continuously improve your skills and contribute to the growth of the QA team

Required Experience

• 2+ years of professional experience as a software tester
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies including test planning, test execution, and defect management
• Demonstrated experience using Claude (or comparable LLM tools) as part of a daily QA workflow
• Ability to translate user story acceptance criteria into comprehensive test coverage
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on teamwork
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting test results and actionable items
• Work experience with API Testing
• Experience using SQL for test validation

Preferred Experience

• Experience using LLM tools to write scripts for testing or data collection tasks 
• Experience building or working with AI agents (e.g., agentic workflows, MCP-based tooling)
• Work experience with Automation
• Knowledge of testing cloud-enabled applications in AWS environments
• Experience planning and executing scalability, security, and performance testing
• Experience testing Video Management software

Compensation

Salary is commensurate with experience. Salient Systems provides an excellent benefits package including; partial employer paid health insurance, employer sponsored life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance, voluntary dental and vision insurance, 401(k), and unlimited PTO. Our values are commitment, collaboration, customer focus, determination, and innovation! A fun, entrepreneurial spirit and initiative are key elements of the Salient environment. We foster a culture of collaboration through supporting team building events and continuing career growth and development. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

 Salient Systems is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and transfer. Salient Systems makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.