QA Automation Engineer: Web & API Quality

Applaudo; Colombia; Presencial; COP 40.000.000 - 65.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Applaudo in Colombia seeks a QA professional who owns quality across the development lifecycle, blending manual and automated testing to ensure reliable web applications.

You'll design test plans, build automated suites with Playwright, Cypress or Selenium, perform API testing, and collaborate with Product and Dev teams in an Agile environment.

If you are proactive, detail oriented, and fluent in English, join a company that emphasizes lasting quality and data-driven delivery.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance, Software Testing, or related roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience performing functional and regression testing of web applications.
• Experience building, maintaining, and executing automated test suites for web applications.
• Hands‑on experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
• Hands‑on experience testing REST APIs, including requests, responses, status codes, error scenarios, and integrations.
• Experience independently designing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and regression suites based on requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Strong understanding of defect lifecycle management, including identification, documentation, reproduction, triage, validation, and regression verification.
• Experience performing integration and system testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Experience working within Agile environments and collaborating directly with developers, Product teams, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to independently execute and manage assigned QA activities while proactively communicating progress, risks, defects, and blockers.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and attention‑to‑detail skills.
• Professional English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsabilidades

• Build, maintain, and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and regression suites based on business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing for web applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for critical business workflows and regression scenarios.
• Execute API testing to validate requests, responses, integrations, error handling, and overall system behavior.
• Identify, document, reproduce, and track defects with clear evidence and actionable information.
• Verify bug fixes and execute targeted regression testing to ensure application stability.
• Participate in defect triage activities and support issue prioritization based on impact, severity, and release risk.
• Support beta testing cycles and validate feedback reported by users and stakeholders.
• Support System Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) through final validation and sign‑off.
• Collaborate closely with developers, Product teams, and stakeholders to ensure quality objectives are met.
• Maintain testing documentation and provide visibility into execution status, defects, risks, and blockers.
• Independently manage testing deliverables within an established QA strategy.

Conocimientos

Quality Assurance

Software Testing

Automation testing

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

REST API testing

Test planning

Agile teamwork

English communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Herramientas

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Descripción del empleo

Applaudo in Colombia seeks a QA professional who owns quality across the development lifecycle, blending manual and automated testing to ensure reliable web applications.

You'll design test plans, build automated suites with Playwright, Cypress or Selenium, perform API testing, and collaborate with Product and Dev teams in an Agile environment.

If you are proactive, detail oriented, and fluent in English, join a company that emphasizes lasting quality and data-driven delivery.