QA Automation Engineer
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full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudCyber SecurityDockerJavaScriptJenkinsSDLCTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- Ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable software products through automated testing
- Participate in all phases of the SDLC: test planning, automation development, execution, monitoring, and maintenance
- Collaborate with Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers to translate requirements into robust test cases and automation strategies
- Build and maintain test automation frameworks for backend APIs, frontend interfaces, and infrastructure components
- Write, execute, and manage test cases to ensure coverage, performance, and reliability
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying testing bottlenecks and implementing solutions to optimize QA processes
- Analyze performance metrics, logs, and defects to identify and troubleshoot potential system issues
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing to ensure seamless deployments
- Document test plans, processes, and results to enhance team knowledge and enable consistent quality standards
- Advocate for best practices in quality engineering, ensuring reusable, maintainable, and efficient testing approaches
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Automation Engineering, preferably in SaaS or agile environments
- Expertise in building and maintaining automated test frameworks for APIs, web interfaces, and infrastructure systems
- Proficiency Javascript, with ability to write clean, reusable, and efficient test scripts, specially but not limited to Playwright tests
- Experience with Playwright
- Advanced understanding of software testing methodologies, including functional, regression, and performance testing
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into deployment processes (Jenkins)
- Commitment to writing high-quality, maintainable test code aligned with industry best practices
- Strong documentation skills
- Ability to clearly articulate quality concerns and propose solutions in both verbal and written communication
- Experience estimating test complexity and contributing to project planning
- Comfortable representing the QA perspective in cross-functional project discussions
- Demonstrated ability to coach other team members and promote a culture of quality and collaboration
- Ability to work onsite in Austin, TX an average of 3 days per week
- No immigration sponsorship provided for this position