QA Engineer

Job description

**Position Overview** We are seeking a skilled and proactive QA SDET – 2 to join our distribution team. This isn't your typical "just run the test cases" role. We need someone who can deeply understand our AI ecosystem, take ownership of quality across the product, and drive testing excellence through automation and first-principles thinking. You'll work autonomously in a remote environment, requiring strong self-direction, excellent communication, and genuine curiosity about both the product and the testing craft. **You will be responsible for** - Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites with a goal of automating 80% of integration tests, ensuring comprehensive coverage and reliability. - Go beyond surface-level testing by truly grasping how our AI product works, the user journey, edge cases, and potential failure modes. - Identify quality risks early, surface issues before they reach production, and continuously improve our testing processes without waiting to be told. - Build reusable test frameworks and components using modern testing tools and best practices. - Break down complex testing challenges from the ground up, questioning assumptions and designing effective test strategies. - Produce clear video demonstrations of issues, test scenarios, and product features, along with well-structured documentation for test cases, automation frameworks, and quality processes. - Own the delivery of an entire software development test suites and framework - Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, provide quality insights early in the development cycle, and ensure testability is built into features. - Articulate quality concerns, test results, and recommendations clearly in a remote environment through written updates, documentation, and team discussions. **Requirements** - **2+ years of experience in QA/SDET roles** with a strong focus on test automation and integration testing - Proficiency in languages like JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Ruby for writing test automation - Experience with tools like Playwright, Selenium, Jest, or similar frameworks for frontend and API testing - Proven ability to design and implement comprehensive test strategies that cover complex user workflows - Ability to break down problems from fundamentals, question assumptions, and design effective testing approaches rather than following rote processes - Comfortable creating detailed documentation, test plans, bug reports, and asynchronous updates for a distributed team - Takes initiative to identify issues, improve processes, and learn new technologies without constant direction - Passion for understanding how things work, staying current with testing best practices, and diving deep into the AI/ML domain - Proven ability to work effectively in a distributed team environment with minimal supervision