Technical QA Automation Specialist

Technical QA Automation Specialist

About Near: Near is a recruiting agency that connects top talent across Latin America with long-term remote opportunities at growing U.S. companies.

About the Client: Our client is a U.S.-based SaaS company that provides a secure platform for managing sensitive workplace cases, investigations, workflows, and employee relations data.

About the Role

We are looking for a Technical QA Automation Specialist to help the Engineering team move from primarily manual testing toward stronger and more reliable automated coverage.

You will build and maintain automated tests, expand regression coverage, investigate failures, and help identify which product workflows should be automated first. You will work closely with the Head of Engineering and an established QA team, with the opportunity to explore practical uses of AI in software testing.

Responsibilities

• Convert manual test cases and QA workflows into automated tests

• Build and maintain end-to-end tests using tools such as Cypress and Puppeteer

• Use AI-assisted QA tools and workflows to speed up test creation, test maintenance, and issue discovery

• Help evaluate QA automation tools, including AI-based tools such as Tester Army AI or similar platforms

• Identify opportunities where AI can reduce the complexity of writing, maintaining, and expanding test coverage

• Help define practical automation coverage for core product workflows

• Create automated regression tests for high-risk and frequently used areas of the application

• Review existing manual QA processes and identify what should be automated first

• Debug failing automated tests and determine whether failures are caused by product bugs, test issues, data issues, or environment issues

• Work with engineers to make automated tests more reliable, maintainable, and useful

• Help organize test suites so they can support releases, smoke testing, and regression testing

• Validate bug fixes and add automated coverage where appropriate to prevent regressions

• Use browser developer tools, logs, APIs, and database checks to investigate issues

• Document testing patterns, automation standards, AI-assisted QA workflows, and repeatable QA processes

• Continue supporting manual QA when needed, especially for new features or exploratory testing

Requirements

Must Have

• +3 years of professional experience writing automated tests for web applications.

• Hands-on experience with Cypress, Playwright, Puppeteer, or a similar framework.

• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.

• Experience with end-to-end, smoke, or regression testing.

• Ability to debug test failures and identify root causes.

• Familiarity with APIs, browser developer tools, and web application behavior.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.

• Familiarity with SQL or PostgreSQL.

• Advanced English.

Nice to Have

• Experience helping a team transition from manual to automated QA.

• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD test execution.

• Experience reducing flaky tests.

• Experience testing permissions, dashboards, reports, integrations, or data-heavy workflows.

• Exposure to Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, accessibility testing, or AI-assisted QA tools.

Benefits and Work Arrangement

• USD 3,000–4,500 per month, depending on experience and seniority.

• 100% remote, full-time contractor role.

• Long-term opportunity.

• Flexible PTO + US holidays.

• Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 2 pm PST + 2 resting hours flexible in US time.

• Equipment support may be available depending on location.

If you enjoy building reliable automated tests and improving QA processes in a collaborative engineering environment, we encourage you to apply.