Senior QA Engineer
Jobgether
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Job Description
About the Senior QA Engineer Role
As a Senior QA Engineer, you will play a critical part in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable software solutions. You will lead the design and implementation of quality assurance strategies throughout the software development lifecycle, focusing on automation, API validation, and CI/CD environments. Your expertise will be essential in collaborating with various teams to prevent defects and enhance user experiences in complex systems. This position empowers you to drive quality initiatives and continuous improvement, making an impact across the organization.
Key Accountabilities
- Design and implement comprehensive test strategies including functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Build and maintain automated E2E and integration tests prior to production releases.
- Participate in sprint planning and contribute to acceptance criteria and Definition of Done.
- Perform manual exploratory testing when required to validate feature readiness.
- Create, document, and troubleshoot defects with clear reproduction steps and impact assessment.
- Provide Go/No-Go recommendations on release quality.
- Perform post-deployment validation and production checkout activities.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or similar).
- Automate complex user workflows and distributed system validations.
- Improve and maintain test pipelines within CI/CD environments (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
- Ensure automation scripts meet reliability, performance, and maintainability standards.
- Contribute to code reviews and architectural quality discussions.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in QA Engineering, SDET, or Quality Engineering roles.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
- Strong experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or similar.
- Advanced knowledge of testing REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Experience integrating automated tests within CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and high-concurrency environments.
- Familiarity with Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and log analysis.
- Experience designing and executing complex test plans independently.
- Strong analytical mindset with a preventative approach to quality.
- Experience working in Agile/Lean software development environments.
Benefits
- Direct employment with full legal benefits.
- Major medical insurance including dental, vision, and travel coverage.
- 100% remote work.
- 18 days of vacation.
- Support for furniture and equipment.
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
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Key skills/competency
- Quality Assurance
- Test Automation
- SDET
- API Testing
- CI/CD
- Distributed Systems
- Agile Methodologies
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Selenium
How to Get Hired at Jobgether
- Optimize your Jobgether profile: Ensure your resume and profile on Jobgether accurately reflect your Senior QA Engineer experience, especially in automation, API testing, and CI/CD.
- Highlight automation expertise: Showcase your deep experience with Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, and building automated testing frameworks.
- Demonstrate system understanding: Emphasize your knowledge of distributed systems, high-concurrency environments, and Linux/networking in your application.
- Prepare for technical depth: Expect questions on test strategy design, CI/CD integration, API validation, and defect troubleshooting.
- Show agile collaboration: Illustrate your experience working effectively within Agile/Lean software development environments.
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