QA Automation Engineer

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🌐 Qatar, Colombia – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

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🟠 Senior

🤖 QA Automation Engineer

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Founded 2013

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

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Applaudo is a nearshore software development company that helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation. With over a decade of experience, Applaudo partners with some of the world’s most admired brands to streamline IT solutions, optimize delivery costs, and modernize their digital infrastructure. The company offers a range of services including innovation and experience design, development and maintenance, quality assurance, cloud solutions, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Applaudo is known for its expertise in data solutions and app modernization, and has a strong presence in industries like sports, media and entertainment, retail, consumer packaged goods, and financial services. Headquartered in Austin, TX with offices in San Salvador, Applaudo blends top-tier software development talent with cutting-edge technology to drive business growth for its clients.

📋 Description

• Perform exploratory testing to understand application functionality, user workflows, and critical business scenarios before developing automation • Design, build, and maintain scalable Playwright test suites using the Page Object Model and established automation best practices • Develop automated regression and core workflow tests based on documented test cases and the team’s automation strategy • Build reusable test components and maintain reliable automation structures through effective selectors, test data management, and flaky test handling • Integrate automated tests into existing CI/CD workflows to support continuous quality validation • Execute functional, exploratory, and regression testing for new features, bug fixes, and application changes as needed • Identify test coverage gaps, unreliable automated tests, and quality risks, communicating findings and recommendations to QA leadership • Collaborate with Developers, Technical Leads, and QA team members to clarify requirements, investigate defects, and improve testability • Prioritize testing efforts based on user impact, business risks, and project requirements • Review and improve automation code to ensure readability, maintainability, and long-term reliability • Use AI-assisted testing tools when appropriate, validating generated tests to ensure they provide meaningful coverage • Document testing activities, automation decisions, execution results, and identified defects • Adapt between automation development and hands-on testing according to team priorities and delivery needs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience • Strong hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining automated test suites using Playwright • Proven experience establishing test automation framework structures, including reusable components and maintainable test architecture • Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or a comparable programming language • Strong knowledge of test design principles, including the Page Object Model (POM), stable selectors, flaky test management, and test data strategies • Hands-on experience performing functional, exploratory, and regression testing of web applications • Experience using version control and code review workflows with GitHub, Azure DevOps, or similar tools • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills • Ability to quickly understand new products, user workflows, and business requirements • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams • Strong ownership, adaptability, and willingness to continuously improve testing practices • Practical understanding of AI-assisted testing tools, including evaluating generated test quality and identifying limitations • Strong verbal and written English communication skills • Availability to work from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM US Eastern Time • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, including Azure Pipelines or similar tools • Familiarity with Azure DevOps and Azure Test Plans • Experience using Playwright MCP or similar AI-assisted testing tools • Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) • Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL • Experience with API testing, including Playwright’s built-in API testing capabilities • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and participating in planning, refinement, and retrospectives • Ability to communicate quality risks and test results to non-technical stakeholders • Experience working remotely with distributed teams and communicating asynchronously

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