• Design and execute advanced exploratory testing to uncover issues not captured by scripted test cases, particularly around how form-level validation carries through to submission behavior
• Apply boundary testing techniques to identify edge-case failures across frontend input handling and the middleware calls that consume that data
• Use equivalence partitioning to design efficient, high-coverage test cases across valid, invalid, and edge-case input classes for form and workflow fields
• Validate application behavior against defined state models (e.g., step progression, enabled/disabled action states, submission and confirmation states) to confirm correct transitions under both expected and unexpected input
• Lead defect triage sessions, prioritizing issues by severity, impact, and reproducibility
• Partner with developers to clarify root causes and confirm fixes against original defect conditions
• Mentor junior QA testers on exploratory techniques and structured test design
• Contribute to test strategy documentation and coverage planning for frontend/middleware features
• Formalize and maintain the onboarding FSM/state-transition model based on observed application behavior
• Identify and document decision forks, state dependencies, persona-specific variations, and boundary conditions
• Validate coverage across the representative onboarding personas and identify gaps requiring additional controlled testing
• Produce a validated frontend/state-model evidence package for handoff to the Middleware SDET workstream
• Maintain traceability between observed UI behavior, FSM states, decision forks, and supporting evidence