QA Automation Engineer

Allata; Tandil; Híbrido; ARS 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Allata is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join a client product team. You will own automation across UI and API tests, collaborate with engineering and product, and leverage AI to improve efficiency while applying sound QA judgment.

You’ll build Cypress-based UI automation for Angular, maintain API tests for Spring Boot services, and integrate tests into CI/CD to ensure fast, reliable feedback. Fluency in English required.

Formación

• 2+ years of QA experience with a focus on test automation.
• Hands-on JavaScript/TypeScript development for test automation.
• Experience with Cypress or Playwright for end-to-end UI automation.
• Experience testing REST APIs and event-driven architectures (SQS/SNS).
• Ability to read Java/Spring Boot code to support API and backend testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test integration.

Responsabilidades

• Build and maintain end-to-end UI automation for an Angular app using Cypress.
• Develop and maintain automated API and contract tests for Spring Boot REST services and SQS/SNS.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines making tests fast and reliable.
• Translate Jira acceptance criteria and Figma designs into test plans and scenarios.
• Perform exploratory, regression, and functional testing across QA and UAT environments.
• Identify, document, and communicate defects with clear reproduction steps and evidence.
• Collaborate with developers and product stakeholders to drive defect triage and release quality.
• Continuously assess automation coverage and improve test reliability and speed.
• Use AI tools to generate test cases and scaffold automation, validating AI outputs.
• Contribute to QA processes, testing standards, and release quality.

Conocimientos

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cypress

Playwright

API testing

REST Assured

Postman

CI/CD

SQS/SNS testing

MongoDB queries

AI-assisted testing

Herramientas

Postman/Newman

REST Assured

Karate

MongoDB

Descripción del empleo

Allata is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join a client product team and play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of a growing technology platform.
This is an opportunity for a QA professional who enjoys working across the full testing lifecycle, combining automation expertise with strong exploratory testing and a product-oriented mindset. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering and product teams in a fast-paced environment where quality is a shared responsibility and continuous improvement is highly valued.
The ideal candidate is curious, hands-on, and comfortable leveraging modern tools - AI to work more efficiently while applying sound QA judgment to validate results and make informed decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain end-to-end UI automation for an Angular application using Cypress.
• Develop and maintain automated API and contract tests for Spring Boot REST services and SQS/SNS event flows.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, keeping tests fast, reliable, and maintainable.
• Translate Jira acceptance criteria and Figma designs into comprehensive test plans and scenarios.
• Perform exploratory, regression, and functional testing across QA and UAT environments.
• Identify, document, and communicate defects with clear reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, and relevant evidence.
• Partner with developers and product stakeholders to drive effective defect triage and resolution.
• Continuously assess automation coverage and identify opportunities to improve test reliability, speed, and effectiveness.
• Use AI tools to generate test cases, scaffold automation, analyze failures, and expand coverage, while critically validating AI-generated output.
• Contribute to improving QA processes, testing standards, and release quality across the product.

Hard Skills:

• Experience in QA, including 2+ years focused on test automation.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills.
• Hands-on experience with Cypress or Playwright.
• Experience with API testing using tools such as REST Assured, Postman/Newman, Karate, or similar.
• Comfortable reading and understanding Java/Spring Boot code to support effective API and backend testing.
• Experience testing REST APIs and event-driven architectures, ideally including SQS/SNS.
• Familiarity with MongoDB queries for test data setup, validation, and verification.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience using AI assistants in a software testing workflow, with a practical understanding of where they add value and where their output can be misleading.

Nice to have:

• Experience with performance testing tools such as k6 or Gatling.
• Experience with accessibility testing.
• Experience testing feature-flagged releases and gradual rollouts.
• Experience working with complex SaaS or consumer-facing products.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a risk-based approach to testing.
• High attention to detail while maintaining awareness of business and user impact.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of release quality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills when working with developers and product stakeholders.
• Curious and proactive about improving testing practices, tools, and automation coverage.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and asking questions when requirements or acceptance criteria are unclear.
• Pragmatic approach to automation, with a clear understanding of what should be automated versus what is better suited for exploratory testing.
• Fluent English.