[Hiring] Senior QA Engineer @AOA

Role Description

AOA is seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer to guide our QA processes and champion the integration of AI into our quality assurance practices. You’ll play a key role in delivering exceptionally high-quality and performant applications while working closely with stakeholders to understand and align on business requirements and product specifications.

In this role, you’ll guide the full QA lifecycle for AOA’s projects:

• Partnering closely with engineering, UX/UI, product, and project management teams.
• Managing QA across multiple concurrent client projects.
• Moving comfortably between eCommerce builds, SaaS platforms, and AI-native apps.
• Demonstrating adaptability, clear prioritization, and a team-first approach.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and a strong communicator. You’ll enjoy:

• Deeply understanding applications.
• Spotting edge cases and catching issues before they reach production.
• Developing and maintaining automated tests that uphold our high standards of quality.

Responsibilities

• Help shape a QA organization recognized for its high standards of quality, efficiency, and predictability.
• Leverage generative AI, agentic testing, and self-healing automation to accelerate test creation, maintenance, and coverage.
• Research, pilot, and implement AI-powered QA tools and methodologies to improve quality and reduce manual effort.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate AI-driven quality gates into delivery pipelines.
• Develop and implement test plans, test cases, and test scripts for both automated and manual testing.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
• Execute manual tests to identify bugs, defects, and usability issues.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand project requirements and verify software functionality.
• Perform regression testing, load testing, and performance testing to assess product quality and performance.
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance QA processes, tools, and methodologies to optimize testing efforts.
• Manage QA workstreams across multiple simultaneous client projects, coordinating timelines and priorities with project managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience in QA engineering, with a focus on both automation and manual testing.
• Strong proficiency in one of the test automation tools/frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Jest, or similar.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and articulate technical concepts.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Clickup).
• Experience with programming languages such as JavaScript, Typescript.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a client-focused environment, preferably within an agency.
• Experience supporting eCommerce and/or SaaS brands.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm and hands-on experience using AI tools in QA workflows.
• Experience building client success processes/playbooks in a growing team.
• Familiarity with website/platform builds (Shopify Plus, headless builds, or complex CMS implementations).

Benefits

• Direct, meaningful impact on our success.
• Opportunities for growth and career development.
• Supportive, collaborative environment.