Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in United States at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer based in the United States.

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in defining and executing the quality strategy for a modern, enterprise-grade software platform. This position combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, allowing you to architect scalable test automation frameworks while validating complex business-critical functionality. Working closely with product managers, software engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle and help shape engineering best practices. You'll become a subject matter expert in both the application and its business domain, ensuring reliable, high-quality releases through a balanced approach to automation and exploratory testing. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced QA professional to influence technical direction while contributing to an innovative, fully remote engineering environment.

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright for end-to-end, API, and integration testing.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools, including Claude Code, to accelerate test creation, improve automation coverage, and optimize QA workflows.
• Perform advanced manual and exploratory testing for complex features, critical workflows, integrations, and edge-case scenarios.
• Develop comprehensive testing strategies covering functional, regression, integration, API, and security testing while establishing quality metrics and KPIs.
• Serve as the quality authority for the application by developing deep expertise in business processes, validating requirements, and identifying gaps before development begins.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and promote shift-left testing practices across engineering teams.
• Lead defect management activities by identifying, documenting, prioritizing, and validating issues while collaborating with developers to drive timely resolution.
• Mentor QA engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing to strengthen team capabilities.
• Produce detailed quality reports, dashboards, and risk assessments while communicating testing progress and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement of QA processes, testing methodologies, automation standards, and engineering best practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering roles.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Expert-level proficiency with Playwright for end-to-end, API, and integration test automation.
• Hands-on experience using Claude Code or similar AI-assisted development tools to generate, maintain, and optimize automated tests.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Advanced manual testing expertise, including exploratory testing and complex test scenario design.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, software architecture, API testing, Git, Jira, JSON/XML, and modern software development practices.
• Proven ability to lead testing efforts, mentor team members, and influence engineering decisions through a quality-first mindset.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, Agile methodologies, SQL, performance or security testing, document validation, PDF processing, financial or tax software, and test management tools is considered an advantage.

• Fully remote position within the United States.
• Unlimited paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid parental leave.
• Opportunity to help shape the quality strategy of a modern, high-impact software platform.
• Collaborative startup environment focused on innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
• Significant opportunities for professional growth, leadership, and technical ownership.