Define risk-based test plans and acceptance criteria in partnership with Product/Engineering; translate user stories into clear test cases.
Build and maintain automated tests (Cypress/TypeScript preferred) across E2E, integration, and API layers; create reusable utilities/page objects and stabilize flaky tests.
Implement and own CI/CD test gates (smoke/regression) with parallelization and clear pass/fail signals; track coverage and test health metrics.
Perform targeted manual/exploratory testing for new features, edge cases, and UX flows; drive regression for critical paths.
Create and manage test data, mocks/fixtures, and environment configurations to keep tests deterministic and fast.
Coordinate with engineers to reproduce, triage, and debug issues using logs/metrics/trace tools; verify fixes and prevent regressions.
Own post-deploy smoke testing and release sign-off for web apps and mobile apps; document results and risks.
Continuously improve the QA/SDET toolchain and practices (coding standards, coverage goals, flake budgets, reporting dashboards).
The position disclosed is a contract position looking to be filled immediately.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software or related field (advanced degrees a plus).
5+ years in software testing with strong grounding in functional/regression and modern test design techniques (BC, EP, pairwise, etc.).
Hands-on experience testing web applications and mobile apps end-to-end, including UX/UAT and bug verification across browsers/devices.
3+ years focused on test automation, including designing scalable frameworks and CI integration.
Proficiency with Cypress (preferred) and JavaScript/TypeScript; experience with API testing (Postman/Newman, supertest, REST/GraphQL) and at least one additional tool (Playwright/WebdriverIO/Jest/Mocha).
Comfortable with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/CircleCI/GitLab), Git, and basic Docker; familiarity with env management and secrets.
Strong analytical skills; fluency with SDLC/Agile and tooling (Atlassian suite or similar).
Ability to produce clear documentation (test plans, traceability, results) and communicate risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience writing and maintaining automated tests (unit/integration/E2E) with a focus on reliability and maintainability.
Experience with Cypress specifically (selectors, fixtures, commands, intercepts, parallelization).
The contractor will be expected to work during EST hours 9 AM - 5 PM EST (New York, USA).
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
test automationCypressTypeScriptJavaScriptAPI testingPostmanRESTGraphQLCI/CDDocker