QA Automation Engineer

Applaudo; Peru (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Applaudo offers a collaborative QA/Dev

Job summary

Applaudo is seeking a QA professional who owns the quality of web applications across the development lifecycle. You will blend manual and automated testing to identify risks, validate functionality, and help teams deliver high-quality products.

You thrive in cross-functional environments, drive day-to-day QA activities, and adapt between functional, automation, regression, defect validation, system testing, and UAT based on project needs. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of QA or software testing experience.
• Strong hands-on testing of web applications (functional and regression).
• Experience building and executing automated test suites for web apps.
• Hands-on with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalents.
• Testing REST APIs with requests, responses, status codes, and errors.
• Designing and maintaining test plans, cases, and regression suites.
• Understanding defect lifecycle management.
• Agile environment experience collaborating with developers and product teams.
• Independent, proactive QA execution and progress communication.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; professional English.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain 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 for requests, responses, and error handling.
• Identify, document, reproduce, and track defects with evidence.
• Verify bug fixes and perform targeted regression.
• Participate in defect triage and risk-based prioritization.
• Support beta testing cycles and UAT validation.
• Collaborate with developers, product teams, and stakeholders.
• Maintain testing documentation and status visibility.
• Manage testing deliverables within QA strategy.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Automation testing

Playwright/Cypress/Selenium

REST API testing

Test planning

Agile collaboration

Excellent communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

You are passionate about software quality and take ownership of ensuring applications perform reliably throughout the development lifecycle. You enjoy combining manual and automated testing approaches to identify risks, validate functionality, and help teams deliver high-quality products.

You are proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams while independently driving day-to-day QA activities. You are comfortable adapting between functional testing, automation, regression, defect validation, system testing, and UAT according to project needs.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• 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.

Nice to Have:

• Accessibility testing knowledge and familiarity with WCAG standards.


• Experience supporting System Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).


• Experience validating complex integrations or multi‑system workflows.


• Familiarity with CI/CD‑integrated testing practices.


• Experience working with distributed Agile/Scrum teams.


• Experience supporting beta releases and user‑feedback validation cycles.


• Basic SQL and database validation experience.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• 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.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance or Software Testing, including web application testing.


• Strong hands‑on experience with functional, regression, and automated testing.


• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or a comparable automation framework.


• Hands‑on experience testing REST APIs.


• Experience independently creating test plans, test cases, regression suites, and managing defects throughout the testing lifecycle.


• Professional English proficiency.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI‑powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI‑native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high‑performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI‑native transformation at scale.