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Contractor: Senior Quality Engineer

Newsela · Remote - Argentina; Brazil;Chile; Costa Rica

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
65 days
Newsela's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
47% of Newsela's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Newsela
high
16 stale, 0 reposted of 17 open
Hiring momentum
27 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Newsela's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Newsela.

About this role

As a Senior Quality Engineer at Newsela, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality software delivery by testing complex front-end applications and cloud-based back-end services. This hands-on role involves building and maintaining automated test frameworks, validating AI and LLM features, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and support production deployments. You will also mentor mid-level engineers and advocate for quality within your scrum team.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years of professional software testing and QA experience within an Agile Scrum environment
  • 5+ years building test frameworks with TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python
  • Hands-on experience with WebdriverIO or Playwright
  • Demonstrated capability across manual, exploratory, regression, integration, API/services, and database testing
  • Solid understanding of Git branching strategies, PR workflows, and incremental CI/CD deployment pipelines
  • Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants as part of daily workflow

Nice to have

  • Experience testing AI-driven features, LLM outputs, or ML-backed services
  • Familiarity with performance and accessibility testing
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
  • Prior background in EdTech or consumer-facing SaaS products

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Role requires a mix of automation and manual testing, which may not suit all candidates
  • Experience with AI tools is emphasized, indicating a modern tech stack but also a potential learning curve for those unfamiliar

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Listed by Newsela on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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