QA Automation Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain automated API and end-to-end tests utilizing Playwright and TypeScript.

• Implement risk-based testing to assess what should be automated and articulate coverage decisions.

• Integrate automated testing into GitHub Actions pipelines and uphold automated quality gates across various environments.

• Monitor, triage, and resolve test failures and flakiness by addressing underlying issues.

• Conduct database-level validation using SQL, particularly during the transition from MongoDB to PostgreSQL.

• Take ownership of performance and load testing, establish benchmarks for high-traffic endpoints, and report regressions with actionable insights.

• Maintain test cases, execution results, and requirement traceability using Xray.

• Document defects with clear reproduction steps, severity assessments, and relevant evidence.

• Engage in refinement, estimation, and sprint ceremonies.

• Collaborate with developers on test code reviews, testability enhancements, and shift-left quality practices.

• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the automation framework, test data strategy, and quality reporting.

• Directly impact release promotion through Dev, QA, UAT, and Production pipelines.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of three years of professional QA experience, including proven ownership of test automation you have created or significantly enhanced.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language: JavaScript or TypeScript, Python, or Java.

• Hands-on experience with Playwright, or extensive experience with Cypress or Selenium along with a working knowledge of Playwright.

• Strong API testing capabilities, encompassing REST endpoint testing, authentication flows, payload and schema validation, status code management, and handling of negative and edge case scenarios.

• Experience with Postman or a similar tool.

• Experience executing automated tests within CI/CD pipelines, including headless execution, parallel runs, test artifacts, and reporting.

• Solid test case management experience utilizing a formal test management tool such as Xray or ADO.

• Strong defect documentation skills, including clear reproduction steps, severity and priority evaluation, and supporting evidence.

• Proficient in SQL for data validation and troubleshooting.

• Experience in an Agile or Scrum delivery model.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical failures to non-technical stakeholders.

• Must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States upon hire.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• PTO

• Paid and Floating Holidays

• 401k with Company match and immediate vesting

• Company-funded Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs

• No-cost Mental Health Benefits