QA Automation Engineer

Location: Remote, United States
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Remote
Department: Quality Assurance / Engineering / Product Development / Technology
Reports To: QA Lead / Engineering Manager / Head of Quality / Technical Lead

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically strong QA Automation Engineer to ensure software quality through automated test coverage, regression validation, and release readiness across product and platform environments. This role is responsible for building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks, validating web and API functionality, supporting release testing, tracking defects, and improving QA standards across the development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or similar frameworks, along with a strong understanding of testing strategy, quality assurance processes, and software delivery practices. This person should be able to design reliable test coverage, identify product risks early, and work closely with engineering, product, and delivery teams to maintain high software quality.

This is a remote USA-based role, suited for someone with strong analytical skills, technical testing capability, and the ability to improve quality through structured automation and disciplined release validation.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation Development

• Build, maintain, and improve automated test suites for web applications, APIs, and platform workflows
• Design scalable and maintainable automation frameworks that support functional, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing
• Create automated test scripts that validate user flows, business logic, integrations, and platform behavior
• Ensure test automation is reliable, reusable, and aligned with evolving product functionality
• Continuously improve automation coverage to reduce manual testing effort and strengthen release confidence

Functional, API & Platform Testing

• Test web, API, and platform functionality across product features, workflows, environments, and releases
• Validate front-end and back-end behavior to ensure systems perform correctly under expected use cases
• Support API testing, request and response validation, workflow verification, and data-level checks
• Verify connected platform functionality, system interactions, and integration points where relevant
• Ensure new features and enhancements meet acceptance criteria, expected behavior, and quality standards

Regression & Release Validation

• Support regression testing, release testing, and pre-deployment validation to ensure software stability
• Execute and maintain automated regression suites to identify defects introduced by code changes
• Work closely with engineering and release teams to validate builds, staging environments, and deployment readiness
• Help ensure each release meets functional, technical, and user-impact expectations before production rollout
• Contribute to more predictable and lower-risk releases through disciplined testing and validation routines

Defect Tracking & Quality Reporting

• Identify, document, reproduce, and track defects clearly and accurately through issue management workflows
• Work with developers and product teams to investigate root causes and confirm issue resolution
• Maintain visibility into defect trends, failed test cases, quality gaps, and areas of recurring risk
• Track test coverage and testing outcomes to support informed release and quality decisions
• Contribute to quality reporting through test summaries, defect logs, and validation status updates

QA Process Improvement & Standards

• Improve QA processes, testing standards, automation practices, and quality controls across the software lifecycle
• Recommend better approaches for test planning, environment use, automation structure, and release validation
• Help define and maintain testing strategies that balance speed, risk coverage, and product quality
• Contribute to stronger quality discipline across teams by promoting repeatable and measurable QA practices
• Support continuous improvement of QA workflows, documentation, and collaboration models

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with developers, product managers, business analysts, and technical leads to understand requirements and validate expected behavior
• Collaborate during planning, development, testing, and release stages to ensure quality is built into the delivery process
• Provide testing feedback early in the lifecycle to reduce defects and implementation rework
• Support alignment between business requirements, technical changes, and validation strategy
• Help create a quality-focused culture through proactive communication, issue awareness, and testing discipline

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field preferred
• Proven experience in QA automation, software testing, test engineering, or quality engineering
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, or similar
• Strong knowledge of testing strategy, QA lifecycle, and software validation practices
• Experience testing web applications, APIs, and platform functionality
• Strong analytical thinking and high attention to detail
• Experience building and maintaining automation test suites and regression coverage
• Ability to track defects clearly and work closely with technical teams to resolve issues
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work effectively in a remote and collaborative product environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, Insomnia, Swagger, or similar
• Familiarity with programming or scripting languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, or similar
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution as part of deployment workflows
• Exposure to performance, integration, cross-browser, or end-to-end testing approaches
• Familiarity with issue tracking and test management tools such as Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps, Xray, Zephyr, or similar
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or fast-paced software delivery environments
• Understanding of test data management, environment coordination, and release support practices
• Experience with SaaS platforms, enterprise systems, or digital product environments is a plus

Core Skills

• QA automation
• Test automation frameworks
• Regression testing
• Release validation
• Web testing
• API testing
• Defect tracking
• Test coverage management
• Functional testing
• Quality assurance
• Test planning
• Automation maintenance
• QA process improvement
• Analytical problem-solving
• Cross-functional collaboration

Key Competencies

• High attention to detail
• Strong analytical and investigative thinking
• Structured and methodical working style
• Strong quality mindset
• Clear technical communication
• Ownership and accountability
• Reliability in release-critical environments
• Problem-solving discipline
• Ability to balance speed with quality
• Continuous improvement mindset

Success Metrics

• Strong automated test coverage across core product functionality
• Reduced regression defects and improved release confidence
• Faster identification and resolution of software quality issues
• Clear and accurate defect reporting and validation tracking
• Improved QA standards and testing efficiency
• Strong collaboration with engineering and product teams
• Higher product stability and better release outcomes

Working Conditions

• Fully remote role based in the United States
• Standard business hours aligned with U.S. time zones
• Frequent collaboration with engineering, product, QA, and delivery teams through virtual meetings and development tools
• May support multiple testing streams, releases, or product initiatives at the same time