Quick overview
Job description
Senior QA Automation Engineer (Contract, Short-Term)
Location: Remote (US)
Contract, 6 months
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web and API layers
- Develop and execute test plans for new features and releases
- Expand regression coverage and reduce manual testing effort
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Analyze failures, debug test code, and trace defects to the root cause
- Validate data across relational and NoSQL databases
- Help write clear, testable acceptance criteria with product and engineering
- Report release readiness and quality risks to stakeholders
- Document frameworks and hand off knowledge before the contract ends
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in software QA or test automation
- Strong JavaScript/TypeScript automation experience with tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber, or Mocha
- Hands-on API testing (REST and GraphQL) with Postman or similar tools
- Experience with CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Database testing experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch)
- Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum and the SDLC
- Ability to work independently and become productive quickly on an existing codebase
- Strong written and verbal communication
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