QA Automation Engineer

Remote (United States)

About the Role

This opportunity is for a QA Automation Engineer who will help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of software products across modern web applications, APIs, integrations, and data-driven platforms. This role works closely with software engineering, product, design, AI/data science, and release teams to build scalable testing practices, expand automation coverage, and support high-quality product releases.

The role goes beyond traditional testing. You will help shape quality strategy, improve automation frameworks, validate complex product functionality, support release readiness, and identify opportunities to strengthen quality across the full software development lifecycle.

Employment Details

Employment Type: Full-Time

Eligible U.S. States: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV

Compensation

Salary Range: $105,000 - $160,000 per year

What You’ll Do

Quality Engineering & Test Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end workflows
• Continuously expand automated test coverage using tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• Partner closely with developers to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and ensure quality is built into every release
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and quality processes that support rapid product development

Product Quality & Validation

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to review requirements, acceptance criteria, and user stories to ensure clear, testable outcomes
• Validate front-end, back-end, and AI-enabled functionality across multiple products and platforms
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution using established quality assurance methodologies
• Assess production readiness and validate release quality prior to deployment

Platform & Integration Testing

• Develop and execute API, integration, and backend validation testing using modern testing frameworks and tools
• Verify data integrity, system interoperability, and reliability across connected services and external integrations
• Design and execute performance and scalability testing scenarios to evaluate system responsiveness and stability
• Troubleshoot issues related to APIs, databases, and distributed system interactions

Release Management & Continuous Improvement

• Support weekly production releases through testing coordination, validation, and stakeholder communication
• Deliver demonstrations of completed functionality and provide feedback to development teams
• Analyze quality trends and recommend improvements to testing strategies, tooling, and processes
• Help improve quality engineering practices by introducing new tools, frameworks, and best practices

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, or Quality Engineering
• Experience designing and implementing automated testing strategies and frameworks
• Proficiency with UI automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium
• Experience testing modern web applications built with technologies such as React, Node.js, Python, TypeScript, and Docker
• Strong understanding of APIs, backend services, and databases, including REST, GraphQL, and SQL
• Experience working within CI/CD environments and modern software development workflows
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience owning end-to-end quality certification for major product releases
• Experience testing AI-enabled products, machine learning workflows, or data-driven applications
• Experience with performance, load, integration, and API testing frameworks
• Familiarity with identity and access management, authentication, and authorization concepts
• Experience documenting manual test cases and maintaining test repositories using tools such as TestRail
• Experience supporting release management activities in fast-paced SaaS environments
• Interest in space, aerospace, defense, or national security technologies
• Active TS/SCI clearance is a plus