[Hiring] Senior QA Automation Engineer @Praxent

Role Description

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Team members may live in the following locations: El Salvador, Mexico, or Colombia.

• Enhance the team’s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint.
• Cultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout the project team and that these values are reflected within the QA assurance team and department.
• Increase Velocity:
  • Perform automated testing and API testing for complex applications and scenarios.
  • Locate and document edge cases by understanding the depth and intricacies of a project.
  • Assess possible risks and propose modifications to the acceptance criteria.
• Expand Frameworks: Demonstrate proficiency at automation, API testing, or accessibility testing principles and solutions.
• Increase Velocity: Enhance the team's capacity by documenting plans to anticipated risks/blockers, advancing best practices, and mentoring peers and more junior team members.
• Guide Development: Serve as a technical SME in the sprint, ensuring successful delivery of the sprint commitment by prioritizing testing efforts, enhancing acceptance criteria, etc.
• Evaluate Skills: Conduct recruiting interviews and analyze candidates to ensure successful hiring/contracting.
• Demonstrate Expertise: Present robust testing plans, metrics, and other valuable insight and direction during sprint review meetings; propose solutions and improvements to clients that improve our ability to deliver value.

Qualifications

• Technical Proficiency:
  • Demonstrable proficiency with desired technologies and tools.
  • Solid understanding of QA fundamentals and practices.
  • Deep expertise in developing and maintaining end-to-end test frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, and/or Selenium (TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python) for web applications and Appium (Java/Python) for mobile (iOS and Android) testing.
  • Strong proficiency in CI/CD integration of automated tests using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, including parallel execution, test reporting, and environment management.
  • Testing up a test automation framework from scratch.
• Practical Experience: 5-8+ years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including ongoing adherence of best practices, leading and executing automated testing for web and mobile applications, and leveraging industry-standard tools to ensure optimal product quality across all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Client Leadership: Experience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating technical and business value.
• Outcome Orientation: Experience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impact.
• Mentorship Experience: Experience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
• Relevant Education: May include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Values Alignment: We Care Deeply, Always Deliver, Never Settle, Do It Together, Own the Outcome, and approach every situation with a CAN DO mentality.

Benefits

• A stable, full-time role.
• Work/life balance that’s real.
• A culture worth joining.
• Support without micromanagement.
• Your voice matters.
• Time to recharge: You’ll receive paid time off and holidays based on your country’s standards.
• Local perks, global standards: You’ll receive country-specific benefits that reflect where you live.
• We invest in your growth: We cover the cost of ongoing learning.
• People-first always: We lead with kindness, respect, and empathy.

Company Description

Praxent has been recognized by Best Places to Work in Fintech, Clutch, and Comparably for workplace excellence.