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# Scientific  QA -  User Testing | Luma at Dotmatics

- **Company:** Dotmatics
- **Location:** Ireland
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-12
- **Apply:** https://www.dotmatics.com/jobs/apply?gh_jid=4753005005

## Job description

Our Why At Dotmatics

At Dotmatics, a Siemens company,  we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive. Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.

We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.

We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.

Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.

Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics

Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.

You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation.  Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.

We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.

What do we need

As a Manual Exploratory Tester (User Testing) , you will play a critical role in validating the quality of our Luma platform. You will focus on exploratory/user testing—investigating new features, workflows, and edge cases to uncover unexpected behaviours and usability issues. You’ll work closely with developers, product owners, and automation engineers to ensure defects are caught early, well-documented, and resolved quickly.

A background in science (chemistry, biology, or related field) is required as you will understand the scientific workflows and real-world use cases of our customers.

In this role you will get to:

- Conduct exploratory and manual testing (UAT) across web-based applications within the Luma platform.
- Develop tests/exploratory test guides to ensure business requirements are met and provide detailed feedback to design/product.
- Validate new features, integrations, and scientific workflows, ensuring functionality aligns with product requirements and user expectations.
- Log clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers for quick resolution.
- Provide critical feedback on usability, scientific workflow efficiency, and overall user experience.
- Collaborate with automation engineers to identify areas suitable for automated coverage and review assertions.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release readiness activities.
- Advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

We are looking for people who have an education in, or significant work experience in Biology, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences or similar scientific field and can demonstrate experience as a User Tester, Scientific Application administrator/owner, Software Tester, QA Analyst/User Testing, with a strong focus on exploratory testing

The key skills we are looking for

- Extensive knowledge of biology or chemistry, with the ability to understand and test scientific user experiences and workflows.
- Experience using or testing scientific/informatics software, ideally within a scientific environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with curiosity to probe beyond obvious test cases.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot inconsistencies, edge cases and usability issues.
- Personal experience using AI-driven tools and workflows to support day-to-day work.
- Understanding of SaaS architecture, integrations and security.

You may also have:

- Experience testing SaaS or complex web applications
- Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Zephyr Scale, or similar test management/bug tracking systems
- Hands-on experience with backend validation, including API testing and database checks
- Calling APIs with tools like Postman/Bruno
- Practical knowledge of GraphQL, including querying, mutations, and schema validation
- experience with backend validation of APIs, services, and database interactions to ensure data integrity and system reliability.
- Tools like Postman/Bruno for RESTful API testing and validate GraphQL queries/mutations against backend services.

Research shows us the[confidence gap](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/) and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

By submitting your application, you agree that Dotmatics may collect your personal data for recruiting, global organization planning, and related purposes. Dotmatics [Privacy Notice](https://www.dotmatics.com/privacy-policy) explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, our purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Dotmatics use of your personal information.

Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.

## About Dotmatics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Dotmatics provides a cloud‑based scientific R&D platform that connects best‑in‑breed software applications to accelerate research and innovation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG following a $5.1 billion acquisition completed July 1, 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Stephen Gallagher, Alastair Hill

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Scientific R&D software for life sciences, biopharma, clinical research, and academia.
- **Target customers**: B2B – biopharma companies, contract research organizations (CROs), academic institutions, and forensic/genetic testing labs.
- **Mission**: “To accelerate scientific innovation and help make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.”

## Products & Services
- **Dotmatics Platform**: Cloud‑based enterprise data management platform that harmonizes data from instruments and software for AI‑ready analysis.
- **Luma Agent**: Agentic AI assistant that plans, executes, and documents research workflows, from data query to audit‑ready reports.
- **GraphPad Prism**: Widely used statistical analysis and graphing software for scientists.
- **SnapGene**: Molecular biology visualization and cloning software with detailed documentation.
- **Geneious Suite**: Bioinformatics tools for molecular biology, genomics, and antibody screening.
- **LabArchives**: Electronic lab notebook for capturing and collaborating on experimental data.
- **Other Applications**: OMIQ (flow cytometry), Protein Metrics, nQuery, SoftGenetics (clinical/forensic genetics), and M‑Star.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Siemens AG for $5.1 billion (announced April 2025, closed July 2025)
- **Key Metric**: 2 million+ users, 10,000+ customers, 800+ employees (LinkedIn data: 364 employees as of mid‑2025, with 4.7% YoY growth)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Insight Partners (lead prior to acquisition), Siemens (current parent); customers include Illumina, GSK, Waters Corporation, and PerkinElmer.
- **Growth Signals**: Launch of Luma AI agent; acquisition of SoftGenetics expanding into clinical and forensic markets; 20%+ LinkedIn follower growth; 65% average NPS score.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ecosystem play**: Open platform that unites multiple industry‑leading scientific applications (GraphPad Prism, SnapGene, Geneious) with a data‑driven backbone.
- **AI leadership**: Luma Agent provides end‑to‑end automation with full traceability, a key differentiator in the lab‑of‑the‑future space.
- **Siemens backing**: Access to global industrial reach, resources, and digital infrastructure after acquisition.
- **User base loyalty**: 2 million active scientists across 180+ countries; strong brand recognition in academia and biopharma.

## Strategic Focus
- Transitioning to an AI‑native "Lab of the Future" with Luma Agent as the central orchestrator.
- Expanding into clinical and forensic genetic analysis via recent acquisitions.
- Deepening integration with Siemens’ digital industry portfolio to offer end‑to‑end R&D solutions.
- Continuing to build a multimodal science platform that structures data for AI/ML applications.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Science Driven, Customer Centric, Better Together” – built by scientists for scientists.
- **Work model**: Remote‑friendly with hubs in Boston, UK (Bishop’s Stortford), San Diego, Auckland, Tokyo, Cork, and others.
- **Employee ratings**: 4.1/5 on LinkedIn (work‑life 4.2, culture 3.9, compensation 3.8, career 3.7).
- **Engineering roles**: Senior Full Stack Engineer (Node.js), Staff Data Engineer, Senior Data Analytics Engineer, Performance Test Engineer.
- **Impact**: Work on products used by millions of researchers globally, with the opportunity to shape AI‑driven scientific discovery.

## Sources
1. [dotmatics.com](https://www.dotmatics.com/) – Main site, product overview, Luma Agent details.
2. [dotmatics.com/about-us](https://www.dotmatics.com/about-us) – Mission, vision, company history, acquisition by Siemens.
3. [dotmatics.com/about-careers](https://www.dotmatics.com/about-careers) – Culture, remote/hybrid policy, 800+ employees, global hubs.
4. [linkedin.com/company/dotmatics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dotmatics) – Employee count, revenue, funding, acquisitions, recent departures, job postings.
5. [dotmatics.com/jobs](https://www.dotmatics.com/jobs) – Current open positions.

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