QA Engineer - INTL Chile

Insight Global; Santiago; Presencial; CLP 60.000.000 - 90.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Insight Global's client is a global financial technology organization hiring a Senior QA Automation Engineer to own testing strategy, build scalable automation, and raise release confidence across a cloud-based platform.

The role demands hands-on leadership, mentoring of QA engineers, collaboration with engineering, product, and compliance, and the use of AI-assisted tooling to improve quality and productivity.

Formación

• 6–10+ years building production test automation end-to-end.
• Strong test automation skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python or C#.
• SQL and relational database fundamentals for test data and debugging.
• API testing (Postman or similar) and UI automation (Playwright/Cypress).
• Functional/non-functional testing, with performance/load/resilience testing.
• Ability to write manual test cases when needed while building automated coverage.
• Experience with AWS in development or test context and CI/CD ownership.
• Experience with payments, FX, or regulated industries.
• Proven QA technical leadership and test-architecture experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication; experience with contract testing (Pact).
• Experience testing Windows apps and mobile app test automation.
• Experience leading modernization of test estates.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain automated testing solutions for backend services, APIs, and payment workflows.
• Design testing strategies to improve quality and release confidence.
• Create automated and manual test coverage across onboarding, identity verification, payments, settlement, FX, and platform services.
• Build and maintain integration testing frameworks for third-party partners and external APIs.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve CI/CD quality standards and test infrastructure.
• Investigate production issues and translate findings into automated improvements.
• Lead testing strategy discussions and modernization initiatives.
• Mentor QA engineers on testing methodologies and quality standards.
• Utilize AI-assisted testing tools to boost productivity and coverage.

Conocimientos

Test automation

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

C#

SQL

API testing

CI/CD

AWS

Leadership

AI tooling

Herramientas

Postman

Playwright

Cypress

GitHub Actions

K6

JMeter

Pact

Copilot

Claude Code

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

About the Company

Insight Global's client is a global financial technology organization that enables secure cross-border payments and currency exchange services for businesses and consumers worldwide. Supporting millions of users and operating across multiple international markets, the company is investing heavily in modernizing its payment platform and expanding its engineering capabilities.

About the Role

Insight Global's client is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to drive quality across mission-critical payment and financial systems. This individual will play a key role in defining testing strategy, building scalable automation frameworks, improving release confidence, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across a modern cloud-based platform. The ideal candidate is a hands-on QA leader who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing engineering best practices, leveraging AI-powered development tools, and mentoring team members while working closely with engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain automated testing solutions for backend services, APIs, and critical payment workflows.

Design testing strategies that improve software quality, release confidence, and system reliability.

Create automated and manual test coverage across onboarding, identity verification, payments, settlement, foreign exchange, and supporting platform services.

Build and maintain integration testing frameworks for interactions with third-party partners and external APIs.

Partner with engineering teams to improve CI/CD quality standards, release validation processes, and test infrastructure.

Investigate production issues, identify root causes, and convert findings into automated testing improvements.

Establish best practices for test architecture, automation design, and quality engineering within assigned domains.

Lead technical discussions related to testing strategy and automation modernization initiatives.

Mentor QA engineers and provide guidance on testing methodologies, automation frameworks, and quality standards.

Utilize AI-assisted testing and development tools to improve productivity, coverage, and software quality.

Why Join?

Opportunity to work on large-scale financial and payments systems used across international markets.

High visibility role with influence on engineering quality, automation strategy, and platform modernization.

Collaborative environment where quality engineering is a key part of the software development lifecycle.

Ability to work with modern cloud technologies, AI-assisted tooling, and scalable automation frameworks while helping shape the future of a growing platform.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements

Must-Have

6 to 10+ years building production test automation, end-to-end.

Strong test automation skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or C#, including test framework design, system design, and test architecture experience.

SQL and relational database fundamentals (for test data, validation, and debugging).

API testing (Postman, Bruno, or equivalent) and UI automation (Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent).

Functional and non-functional testing principles (reliability and security) and disciplined defect management, with hands-on performance, load, or resilience testing (k6, JMeter, or equivalent).

Comfortable generating test cases and running manual tests where they are the right tool, alongside building automated coverage.

Daily use of agentic coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) and AI test tools (test generation, eval frameworks, or equivalent) across the SDLC.

Production experience with AWS in a development or test context, and CI/CD pipeline ownership (GitHub Actions or equivalent), including building release gates.

Payments, FX, or regulated-industry experience.

Track record of QA technical leadership: setting test architecture, leading code reviews of test automation, and making quality decisions in your domain.

Strong written and verbal communication. Experience with contract testing for partner integrations (Pact or equivalent).

Experience testing Windows client applications.

Mobile app test automation.

Experience leading modernization of test estates or quality programs.