QA Automation Engineer

Summary

Join Kinetic, a company revolutionizing workers' compensation with technology-driven solutions, as a QA Automation Engineer. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring product quality and release velocity by designing, building, and maintaining automated testing infrastructure. This role demands collaboration with cross-functional teams to integrate testing throughout the development lifecycle. While manual testing will be part of your responsibilities, the primary focus is on creating comprehensive automated test suites. Kinetic is a remote-first company headquartered in New York City, experiencing rapid growth and fostering a collaborative environment. If you are passionate about building scalable automation solutions and solving complex quality challenges, this is an ideal opportunity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in a quality assurance or software development role with a strong focus on test automation
• Deep experience with test automation in a modern tech stack, including proficiency in Python or TypeScript in a cloud environment
• Proven experience delivering software from concept through production, including contributing to CI/CD, monitoring, and operational support
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
• A collaborative mindset and excellent communication skills
• The working language at Kinetic is English

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient automated test scripts and frameworks
• Architect and implement the overall test automation strategy to increase test coverage and reduce manual testing efforts
• Participate in architecture and code reviews to ensure software is designed for testability, performance, and reliability
• Integrate automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous delivery
• Perform manual testing of new features to provide rapid feedback and inform the development of comprehensive automated regression suites
• Identify, document, and track bugs through to resolution, emphasizing root cause analysis
• Advocate for and implement best practices in testing and quality across the engineering team
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in product quality and testing processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar
• Experience testing solutions built on AWS, serverless architectures, and various database technologies (SQL and no-SQL)
• Strong testing and documentation practices with examples of how you have solved testing challenges in the past
• Experience using Generative AI to enhance test cases and procedures
• Experience with performance, load, and security testing

Benefits

• This is a remote position (candidate must be currently based in the U.S.)
• $110k - $130k base salary potential plus equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 20 vacation days per year
• 9 federal holidays off
• Parental Leave
• Pre-tax 401k contribution
• HSA with compatible health plans
• FREE: Health Advocate
• FREE: Telehealth Membership
• FREE: OneMedical Account