QA Automation Engineer: Web & API Quality

Applaudo; Jalisco; On-site; MXN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Applaudo is seeking a QA professional in Mexico to own the quality assurance lifecycle for web applications. You will combine manual and automated testing to identify risks, validate functionality, and help teams deliver high-quality products.

The role requires 3+ years in QA, hands-on functional/regression testing, and automation with Playwright/Cypress/Selenium. You will work within Agile teams, design test plans, and drive quality throughout the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, SE, Info Systems or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional QA/Testing experience.
• Strong hands-on testing of web applications (functional & regression).
• Experience building, maintaining, and executing automated test suites for web apps.
• Hands-on with automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium).
• Hands-on testing REST APIs including requests/responses/status codes/errors.
• Experience designing test plans, cases, and regression suites from requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and regression suites.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing for web apps.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for critical workflows.
• Execute API testing to validate requests, responses, integrations, errors.
• Identify, document, reproduce, and track defects with evidence.
• Verify bug fixes and perform targeted regression testing.
• Support beta testing cycles and UAT validation.
• Collaborate with developers, Product teams, and stakeholders to meet quality objectives.

Skills

Functional testing

Regression testing

Automation testing

REST API testing

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

Applaudo is seeking a QA professional in Mexico to own the quality assurance lifecycle for web applications. You will combine manual and automated testing to identify risks, validate functionality, and help teams deliver high-quality products.

The role requires 3+ years in QA, hands-on functional/regression testing, and automation with Playwright/Cypress/Selenium. You will work within Agile teams, design test plans, and drive quality throughout the SDLC.