Automation-First Senior QA Engineer (Remote, US Hours)

Cyclops; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company issued laptop

Technology Accessories

Annual In‑Person Full‑Team Meetup

Job summary

Cyclops is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join a crypto payment platform squad operating in US hours. The role emphasizes automation-first testing, writing and maintaining automated UI and API tests on top of a shared framework, and moving routine regression into CI.

You'll also perform hands‑on exploratory and acceptance testing for client-facing releases. You will own test strategy, review requirements, prioritize automation backlog, and communicate with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a QA Engineer on web applications.
• Strong experience writing and maintaining automated test scripts for UI, API, or backend tests.
• Good programming skills in TypeScript.
• Proficiency in a modern automation framework, e.g. Playwright.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on manual testing skills: exploratory, regression, smoke, and acceptance testing.
• Hands‑on experience with API testing tools such as Insomnia or Postman.
• Proficiency in writing SQL queries for testing and data verification.

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy and execution for the squad: acceptance, exploratory, and regression testing.
• Write and maintain automated UI and API tests on the shared test framework.
• Own and prioritize the automation backlog; move routine regression into CI so releases are not blocked on manual passes.
• Review product requirements and acceptance criteria with product and engineering, providing feedback before development starts.
• Verify client‑facing releases and run acceptance testing before they reach clients.
• Communicate with stakeholders and third‑party vendors about ongoing product issues.
• Maintain QA documentation and reports, including release testing and escaped defects reports.

Skills

Automation testing

TypeScript

Playwright

CI/CD integration

SQL queries

Manual testing

API testing

English communication

Tools

Jira

TestRail

GitLab CI

Postman

Job description

Cyclops is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join a crypto payment platform squad operating in US hours. The role emphasizes automation-first testing, writing and maintaining automated UI and API tests on top of a shared framework, and moving routine regression into CI.

You'll also perform hands‑on exploratory and acceptance testing for client-facing releases. You will own test strategy, review requirements, prioritize automation backlog, and communicate with stakeholders.