Quality Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to assess requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria early in the development lifecycle.

• Design, develop, and sustain automated testing frameworks for UI, API, and backend validation.

• Construct and execute automated regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites within CI/CD pipelines.

• Validate RESTful APIs and service interactions within distributed microservices architectures.

• Conduct database testing utilizing SQL and NoSQL technologies to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

• Perform load, performance, and scalability testing to identify bottlenecks and enhance system reliability.

• Diagnose quality issues through log analysis, monitoring tools, metrics, and distributed tracing.

• Collaborate with developers to validate services deployed in Kubernetes and cloud-based environments.

• Document, prioritize, and communicate defects with clear reproduction steps and root-cause insights.

• Continuously enhance testing strategies, automation coverage, quality processes, and release readiness practices.

• Ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of cloud-native applications.

• Foster a shift-left quality culture to deliver outstanding customer experiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or Software Development in Test (SDET) environments.

• Proficient programming skills in one or more modern languages such as C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript.

• Experience in building and maintaining automated testing frameworks for web, API, and backend services.

• Hands-on experience in testing distributed systems and microservices-based applications.

• Strong understanding of REST APIs, integration testing, and service contract validation.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated quality gates into deployment processes.

• Knowledge of containerized and cloud-native environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience in database validation and working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Preferred: Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Pact, and WireMock.

• Preferred: Experience with UI automation tools like Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium.

• Preferred: Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and k6.

• Preferred: Experience with cloud-native platforms including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and GCP.

• Preferred: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Git, version control best practices, security testing concepts, and AI-assisted software development practices.

• Preferred: Proven ability to enhance test automation, quality strategy, release readiness, developer productivity, and overall software delivery outcomes.

🏝️ Benefits

• $60K annually for checkups.

• Enjoy a fun, casual, and flexible work environment.

• Opportunity for remote work from home.

• Access to numerous training and development opportunities, including programs offered by our ACADEMY.