QA Automation Engineer (QB - QA - 20260617)

Celara; Argentina; On-site; ARS 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Celara is seeking a hands-on QA Automation Engineer to join our Kitchen Display System (KDS) team in Argentina. You will own automated test coverage, design UI and API tests, and drive test reliability across CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and other QA engineers in a fast-paced Agile environment, leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance testing and development productivity.

Qualifications

• Develop, maintain, and expand automated test coverage for the Kitchen Display System (KDS) platform.
• Design and execute automated UI, API, regression, and smoke tests.
• Build scalable automation solutions using established framework patterns and best practices.
• Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Investigate defects, troubleshoot test failures, and identify quality risks early in the development process.
• Maintain and improve automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in sprint planning, test strategy discussions, and release validation activities.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve test design, automation development, code reviews, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality engineering standards, automation practices, and testing processes.

Responsibilities

• Own and extend automated test coverage for the KDS platform.
• Design and execute automated UI, API, regression, and smoke tests.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD integrated test execution.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and QA teams to ensure quality.

Skills

Java

QA Automation

REST API testing

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Agile/Scrum

JSON payloads

Communication

Code comprehension

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Playwright

Maven

Git

Azure DevOps

Docker

Job description

Our technology team is a rapidly growing group of talented and experienced engineers helping to build the leading enterprise software company focused on restaurant technology. We use modern technologies, automation, and AI-assisted engineering practices to build products that power restaurant operations at scale. We are looking for a hands-on, forward-thinking QA Automation Engineer to join our Kitchen Display System (KDS) team. This is an automation-first role where you'll own and extend automated test coverage for a business-critical platform used in restaurant operations. You will work within an established automation framework, help maintain healthy regression pipelines, improve test reliability, and partner closely with engineers to deliver high-quality software. This is a high-impact role on a fast-moving team where quality, automation, and continuous improvement are core to how we build and release software.

What You'll Do Here

• Develop, maintain, and expand automated test coverage for the Kitchen Display System (KDS) platform.
• Design and execute automated UI, API, regression, and smoke tests.
• Build scalable, maintainable automation solutions using established framework patterns and best practices.
• Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Investigate defects, troubleshoot test failures, and identify quality risks early in the development process.
• Maintain and improve automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in sprint planning, test strategy discussions, and release validation activities.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve test design, automation development, code reviews, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality engineering standards, automation practices, and testing processes.

Experience We're Looking For

• 4+ years of hands-on QA Automation, SDET, or Quality Engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java and a solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• Experience building and maintaining UI automation frameworks using Appium, Selenium, Playwright, or similar technologies.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable automated test solutions.
• Experience testing REST APIs and working with JSON payloads.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution.
• Experience with Maven, Git, and modern software development workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to quickly understand and contribute to large, existing codebases.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, test generation, documentation, or code review.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Bonus Experience

• Experience with restaurant technology, POS systems, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), or other transactional business applications.
• Experience with Kotlin.
• Experience testing desktop or Electron-based applications.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized testing environments.
• Experience with distributed test execution environments.
• Experience with performance, reliability, or latency-sensitive testing.
• Experience with modern AI-assisted engineering workflows and agentic development tools.

Technology Environment

• Java
• TestNG
• Appium and Selenium
• REST API Testing
• Maven
• Azure DevOps
• Docker
• Git

The Type of Team Player We Need

• Proactive mindset with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Passion for quality, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical thinker and creative problem-solver.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Adaptable, collaborative, and eager to learn.
• Curious about emerging technologies and modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development.
• Team-oriented professional who enjoys partnering across Engineering, Product, and QA disciplines.