Backend Test Automation Engineer — Remote

Affirm; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees. This role focuses on building robust test automation, improving CI pipelines, and ensuring scalable quality across services.

You will collaborate with engineers to design test strategies, own end-to-end testing, and participate in on-call rotations in a remote-friendly US-wide setup.

Qualifications

• Own, improve, and maintain integration and end-to-end test automation frameworks.
• Design solutions to optimize test execution time and stability.
• Write ADRs and specs; collaborate with engineers across the company.
• Support engineering teams by triaging requests and sharing best practices for QA and test automation.
• Contribute to the evolution of the company’s overall test strategy.
• Break down larger projects into tasks and deliver in phases with timely delivery.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Own, improve, and maintain integration and end-to-end test automation frameworks.
• Design solutions to optimize test execution time and enhance test stability.
• Write technical specifications and ADRs, collaborate with engineers across the company.
• Support engineering teams by assisting with triage requests and sharing best practices for quality assurance.
• Contribute to the evolution of the company’s overall test strategy.
• With guidance, break down projects into tasks, deliver in phases, and collaborate to ensure timely delivery.
• This role includes participation in an on-call rotation.

Skills

Test automation

TypeScript

Python

CI pipelines

QA methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwright

Pytest

Docker

AWS

Job description

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers flexibility to buy now and pay later without hidden fees. This role focuses on building robust test automation, improving CI pipelines, and ensuring scalable quality across services.

You will collaborate with engineers to design test strategies, own end-to-end testing, and participate in on-call rotations in a remote-friendly US-wide setup.