QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer (Playwright, TypeScript, E2E Testing & CI/CD) – Remote

Position Type: Full-Time, Remote

Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours

Preferred Locations: LATAM, Eastern Europe, Pakistan, South Africa

About the Role

At Pavago, one of our clients — a fast-growing, product-focused technology company — is hiring a senior-level QA Automation Engineer to strengthen its test automation infrastructure and improve software quality at scale.

This is not a manual QA role .

You’ll take hands-on ownership of

• Playwright automation
• TypeScript-based testing
• E2E test frameworks
• Regression coverage
• Test stability and flaky-test reduction
• CI/CD integration
• AI-assisted testing workflows

• You’ll work directly with frontend and backend engineers to build reliable, scalable automation that increases release confidence and catches problems before they reach production.
• If you think like an engineer, enjoy solving difficult automation problems, and care about building maintainable test infrastructure, this role is a strong fit.

What You’ll Own

Test Automation & Framework Development

• Build and maintain end-to-end (E2E) automated tests using:
• Playwright
• TypeScript
• Expand automation coverage across critical:
• User journeys
• Product workflows
• Regression scenarios
• Build reusable:
• Test utilities
• Fixtures
• Testing patterns
• Automation components
• Improve framework:
• Maintainability
• Scalability
• Reliability
• Execution speed
• Maintain clean and sustainable automation architecture

Test Stability & Flaky-Test Reduction

• Identify, troubleshoot, and eliminate flaky tests
• Diagnose failures involving:
• DOM interactions
• Network requests
• Asynchronous behavior
• Timing and synchronization
• Test environments
• Reduce false positives and inconsistent failures
• Improve regression suite reliability
• Develop reliable test-data strategies
• Help maintain stable testing environments

CI/CD & Release Automation

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure automated test suites run reliably during deployment workflows
• Review CI/CD test results and troubleshoot failures
• Improve execution speed and feedback cycles
• Support release validation and regression prevention
• Increase engineering confidence in production deployments

Engineering Collaboration

• Work directly with frontend and backend engineers during feature development
• Collaborate on:
• Testability
• Regression prevention
• Release readiness
• Automation architecture
• Participate in engineering and testing discussions
• Identify quality risks before releases
• Provide clear technical feedback when defects or automation issues are identified

AI-Assisted Testing & Quality Innovation

• Use AI-assisted tools to improve:
• Exploratory testing
• Edge-case identification
• Test development
• Debugging
• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage and testing efficiency
• Experiment with modern QA and automation workflows
• Help evolve testing practices as AI-assisted engineering tools improve

Required Experience & Skills

Core Requirements

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with Playwright
• Strong Cypress experience with willingness to transition to Playwright may also be considered
• Proven experience building and maintaining E2E automation frameworks
• Strong understanding of:
• DOM interaction
• Network requests
• Asynchronous application behavior
• Test synchronization
• Flaky-test diagnosis
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting abilities
• Experience improving automation reliability and regression coverage
• Ability to work directly with software engineers in a modern product environment
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment

Nice to Have

• Experience building automation infrastructure from scratch
• Experience with test-data management and environment strategies
• B2B SaaS testing experience
• Experience testing:
• Multi-tenant applications
• Role-based permissions
• Complex user workflows
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools and workflows
• Experience in Agile or product-led engineering environments
• Strong understanding of modern software development and release practices

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• You think like an engineer first and tester second
• You prefer automation over repetitive manual testing
• You enjoy diagnosing why tests are unstable rather than simply rerunning them
• You take ownership of framework quality and long-term maintainability
• You understand how modern web applications behave across the DOM, network, and asynchronous workflows
• You care about clean, reusable automation code
• You work effectively with minimal management
• You communicate clearly with frontend and backend engineers

What a Typical Day Looks Like

You might start by reviewing CI/CD test results and investigating a flaky Playwright test affecting the regression suite.

From there, you could build automated coverage for a newly released workflow, improve shared TypeScript fixtures, troubleshoot asynchronous behavior, or collaborate with an engineer on making a feature easier to test reliably.

You’ll also continuously improve test performance, framework stability, and automation coverage while experimenting with AI-assisted approaches to exploratory testing and edge-case detection.

In short: you build the automation infrastructure that keeps software releases fast, reliable, and production-ready.

Key Metrics for Success

• Increased E2E automation coverage
• Reduction in flaky and unreliable tests
• Stable CI/CD test execution
• Faster automated test execution
• Improved regression detection
• Increased release confidence
• Reduction in production issues
• Maintainable and reusable automation architecture
• Strong collaboration with engineering teams

Why This Role Stands Out

• Automation-first engineering role — not manual QA
• Deep hands-on work with Playwright and TypeScript
• Ownership over automation architecture and framework reliability
• Direct collaboration with frontend and backend engineering teams
• Opportunity to improve CI/CD and release quality
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing workflows
• High autonomy in a fast-moving product environment
• Fully remote opportunity

Interview Process

• Initial Application Review
• Spark Hire Intro Video
• Initial Screening Call with Pavago
• Technical Assessment / Automation Review
• Client Technical Interview
• Final Interview – Culture & Ownership Fit
• Offer & Onboarding

Apply Now

If you’re a QA Automation Engineer with strong Playwright, TypeScript, E2E testing, and CI/CD experience who enjoys building reliable automation infrastructure rather than relying on manual testing, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help build scalable, stable, and engineering-driven software quality systems.

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