QA Automation Engineer
Remote People
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Competitive salary
- 3+ years of QA or Software Development experience required
- Ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
- Remote-First (or Hybrid) working environment
- AI tooling is a first-class part of how the team works
- Hardware provided to all new joiners
Role overview
Remote People is building the infrastructure to power borderless teams, handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance so businesses can hire anyone anywhere. They are seeking an Intermediate QA Automation Engineer with solid testing fundamentals, a quality-first mindset, and a drive to grow fast in a high-ownership environment. The engineer will join a cross-functional squad building the world's best Employer of Record platform.
Responsibilities
- Develop automated tests for both new features and regression scenarios
- Conduct functional, integration and regression testing to validate application functionality against requirements, with manual testing as needed
- Triage and report defects accurately, tracking them from discovery through to resolution
- Monitor and help reduce the ratio of end-user found vs QA found defects
- Keep QA impact on release schedule to a minimum
- Use AI tools to accelerate test generation, while developing the judgment to review and validate generated tests
- Contribute to requirements review by bringing a QA perspective
- Own test coverage for your squad's features
- Collaborate asynchronously and across time zones
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years in Quality Assurance or Software Development roles
- Hands-on experience with Playwright or a comparable test automation framework
- Good coding skills enabling efficient test automation
- Experience with API testing and automation
- Familiarity with issue tracking tools (preferably Jira) and version control (preferably Git)
- Ability to communicate effectively in a remote environment — clear written communication, reliable async collaboration
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AI coding assistants applied to test generation, and a willingness to build a disciplined workflow around them
- Experience creating and maintaining manual testing plans
- Experience working on a SaaS platform, or at least a custom-built product
- Familiarity with agile environments and frequent release cycles
- Awareness of DevOps practices related to QA infrastructure and CI/CD
- Understanding of web application development concepts
- Self-directed and curious: you take ownership of your tasks, seek feedback proactively, and drive your own growth without waiting to be pushed
Benefits
- A competitive salary
- An asynchronous working environment
- A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
- The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
- Growth opportunities within the company
- We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one
Additional details
- You'll join one of our cross-functional squads — working alongside a Product Manager, a Designer, Front-End, Back-End and QA Engineers — building the world's best Employer of Record platform
- We are a remote-first team spread across Asia and Europe
- AI tooling is a first-class part of how we work: you'll use it to accelerate test generation and develop sharp judgment about validating its output
- We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar
- We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences
- We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability
- If you don't have an up-to-date CV but you are still keen to reaching out, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead
- Please fill out the form and upload your CV in a PDF format
- Originally posted on Himalayas
- Remote People enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance