QA Automation Engineer (JavaScript)

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Comisión de Fomento de Perú; Híbrido; ARS 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a QA Automation Engineer (JavaScript) to strengthen automated testing for web products, focusing on browser automation and identity/auth flows.

You will grow Cypress and Playwright coverage and collaborate with QA leadership to align strategy. Responsibilities include maintaining Cypress suites across products, adding Playwright coverage for new features, testing authentication flows, accessibility checks with axe-core, performance checks with Lighthouse CI, and keeping

Formación

• Hands-on automation with Cypress/Playwright required.
• Experience with auth flows and identity testing.
• Excellent bug reporting with reproduction steps.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and extend Cypress automation suites.
• Add Playwright coverage for new features.
• Design tests for authentication and session management.
• Perform regression, integration, and exploratory testing.
• Run accessibility checks with axe-core and report WCAG findings.
• Run Lighthouse CI performance checks and report regressions.
• Triage and document defects with environment details.
• Coordinate with Business Analyst to ensure testability of acceptance criteria.
• Align QA practices with cross-portfolio strategy.

Conocimientos

Cypress

Playwright

JavaScript

QA Automation

English (B2)

Herramientas

axe-core

Lighthouse CI

GitLab CI

TestRail

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer (JavaScript) to strengthen automated testing for web products, emphasizing browser automation and identity/auth flows. You will grow Cypress and Playwright coverage, run accessibility and performance checks, and keep TestRail assets tidy while partnering with the pod and QA leadership to align strategy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and expand Cypress browser automation suites across multiple products
• Add Playwright test coverage for new features and areas not yet covered by automation
• Design and execute test scenarios for authentication flows, token handling, session management, and identity edge cases
• Perform regression, integration, and exploratory testing throughout sprint cycles
• Run accessibility checks with axe-core and report findings against WCAG 2.1 AA
• Execute Lighthouse CI performance checks and raise regressions to the pod lead
• Create, update, and keep test cases organized in TestRail
• Triage and document defects with clear steps, expected results, and environment details
• Collaborate with the Business Analyst to ensure acceptance criteria are testable before sprint planning
• Align pod-level QA practices with cross-portfolio test strategy in partnership with the QA Manager
• Use AI tools to generate test cases and test data from acceptance criteria or user stories
• Apply AI-assisted approaches to defect triage by suggesting root causes or identifying related failing tests

Requirements

• Hands-on Cypress automation experience (2+ years)
• Practical Playwright testing experience (2+ years)
• Demonstrated ownership for automation quality across products (2+ years)
• Solid experience executing test strategy across regression, integration, and exploratory testing (2+ years)
• Proficiency building JavaScript-based browser automation suites (2+ years)
• Strong defect reporting skills with clear reproduction steps and environment context
• English proficiency at B2 Upper-Intermediate
• Nice to have Experience with axe-core accessibility testing aligned to WCAG 2.1 AA
• Familiarity with Lighthouse CI performance testing
• Exposure to GitLab CI for automated test execution
• TestRail administration or advanced test management capability
• Background validating fixes for race conditions and batch processing reliability