Sr QA Automation Engineer - AI First

📋 Description

• Design and maintain automated testing strategies across unit, integration, end-to-end tests.
• Build UI automation suites with Playwright for operations interfaces and human-in-the-loop.
• Develop API, integration, and contract testing for Python microservices and Kafka pipelines.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD as quality gates with measurable standards.
• Monitor test performance, identify root causes, reduce instability, improve reliability.
• Mentor engineers on quality ownership, automation practices, and testing methodologies.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience leading test automation for distributed systems.
• Strong Playwright experience with fixtures, parallel runs, traces, and CI integration.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and TypeScript for automation.
• Experience with API, contract, and integration testing, including mocking.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and Kafka.
• Experience implementing CI/CD quality gates with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with containerized environments and basic Kubernetes concepts.

🎁 Benefits

• Fully remote work model.
• Collaboration with global engineering teams working on AI and infrastructure solutions.
• Work with AI agents, automation frameworks, distributed systems, and cloud-native tools.
• Professional growth through exposure to complex technical challenges and advanced engineering practices.
• Flexible collaboration aligned with North American Central Time working hours.
• Opportunity to contribute to products addressing real-world operational and sustainability challenges.