We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team and help ensure the reliability, security, and overall quality of our cybersecurity products. You will play a key role in defining, leading, and scaling quality assurance across our platform, with a strong emphasis on test automation.
This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. You will lead our web application test automation efforts, designing and evolving automated testing solutions with Playwright and JavaScript, and integrating automated testing throughout the software development lifecycle. You will also mentor junior QA and automation engineers and influence engineering practices across teams.
Requirements
QA Strategy & Leadership
Lead the design and execution of QA strategies, frameworks, and automated test plans across multiple products
Identify high-value opportunities for automation and help define the team's automation strategy and roadmap
Participate in requirements and design reviews to identify quality risks and testability concerns early in the development lifecycle
Define meaningful quality metrics and provide visibility into automation coverage, reliability, and product quality
Continuously evaluate testing tools, techniques, and approaches, and drive improvement of QA processes aligned with engineering goals
Test Automation & Infrastructure
Lead the design, development, and ongoing improvement of our automated testing framework using Playwright and JavaScript
Develop reliable, maintainable, and reusable automated tests for browser-based cybersecurity applications, with coverage across backend, frontend, and infrastructure components
Establish and promote automation architecture, coding standards, design patterns, and testing best practices
Own and enhance CI/CD-integrated testing infrastructure, including quality gates and feedback mechanisms, for consistent validation across environments
Review existing automation and improve its reliability, maintainability, execution speed, and coverage
Diagnose and resolve flaky tests, automation failures, and complex application or environment issues
Analyze test results to distinguish product defects from automation, environment, and test-data issues
Contribute to our growing suite of automated security checks (e.g., SAST/DAST and dependency scanning) in CI/CD pipelines
Team Enablement & Collaboration
Mentor junior QA and automation engineers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance
Partner with software engineers, product managers, security teams, and QA engineers to develop effective test strategies for new features and releases
Advocate for quality engineering practices and help shift testing earlier in the development lifecycle
Promote a culture of quality and accountability
What You Bring
Required:
5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), or a similar role
Strong experience designing and developing automated tests for modern web applications
Hands-on experience with Playwright, preferably using JavaScript or TypeScript, with emphasis on designing scalable automation frameworks rather than solely creating individual test cases (experience with Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or similar is a plus)
Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and negative testing
Strong experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and source-control workflows
Experience testing complex applications involving role-based access controls, permissions, multi-tenant environments, or security policies
Experience mentoring junior engineers and providing constructive technical feedback through code reviews
Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Preferred:
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, or similar technologies
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