QA Automation Engineer

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arbital Health in San Francisco is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to lead scalable automated testing for our SaaS platform and AI features. You will design and maintain tests across APIs, UI, and data validation, writing robust automation code and integrating with CI/CD pipelines.

Collaborate with product and engineering teams to apply AI-assisted testing, improve coverage, and help ensure reliable releases while reducing regressions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in QA Automation.
• Strong programming skills and hands-on experience writing automation code in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python.
• Proven experience using UI automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate QA work, including generating test cases, writing automation code, and analyzing test failures.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and build/release tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Critical eye for implementing shift left and value over volume QA philosophies.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving skills, and an analytical mindset.
• Prior healthcare experience is a plus.
• Startup experience is a plus.
• Fluency with AI coding tools.
• Experience testing AI features in production, validating retrieval quality, and understanding hallucination risks and prompt sensitivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and elevate quality across Arbital Health's SaaS platform and AI-driven capabilities.
• Design and implement scalable automated testing solutions, primarily for APIs.
• Perform end-to-end UI testing.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, actuaries, UX designers, and other engineers.
• Analyze requirements and design automated test cases.
• Write, maintain, and scale automated test code for the full stack, APIs, and data validation.
• Implement automated UI, API, and performance monitoring tests.
• Validate new features and detect regressions.
• Architect and implement scalable test frameworks.
• Own and continuously enhance the QA automation lifecycle and infrastructure.
• Manage and monitor automated and manual test execution to support continuous delivery.
• Drive automation strategy and ensure robust, reliable releases.

Skills

QA Automation

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

UI Automation Frameworks

AI Tools for QA

CI/CD

Shift Left QA

Communication

Healthcare Experience

Startup Experience

AI Coding Tools

AI Features Testing

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

• Lead and elevate quality across Arbital Health's SaaS platform and AI-driven capabilities
• Design and implement scalable automated testing solutions, primarily for APIs
• Perform end-to-end UI testing
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, actuaries, UX designers, and other engineers
• Analyze requirements and design automated test cases
• Write, maintain, and scale automated test code for the full stack, APIs, and data validation
• Implement automated UI, API, and performance monitoring tests
• Validate new features and detect regressions
• Architect and implement scalable test frameworks
• Own and continuously enhance the QA automation lifecycle and infrastructure
• Manage and monitor automated and manual test execution to support continuous delivery
• Drive automation strategy and ensure robust, reliable releases

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in QA Automation
• Strong programming skills and hands-on experience writing automation code in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar
• Proven experience using UI automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate QA work, including generating test cases, writing automation code, and analyzing test failures
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and build/release tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Critical eye for implementing shift left and value over volume QA philosophies
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving skills, and an analytical mindset
• Prior healthcare experience is a plus
• Startup experience is a plus
• Fluency with AI coding tools
• Experience testing AI features in production, validating retrieval quality, and understanding hallucination risks and prompt sensitivity

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in QA Automation with a strong focus on designing and implementing scalable automated testing solutions for APIs and UI. Proficient in utilizing AI tools to enhance testing efficiency and ensure robust software releases.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• QA Automation Experience
• JavaScript/TypeScript Programming
• UI Automation Frameworks
• CI/CD Pipeline Understanding
• AI Tools for QA

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• QA Automation
• Automated Testing
• API Testing
• UI Testing
• Test Case Design
• Test Code Maintenance
• Performance Monitoring
• Test Framework Architecture
• Automation Strategy
• Data Validation

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Problem-Solving
• Analytical Mindset

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare Experience
• Startup Experience
• AI Features Testing
• Shift Left QA
• Value Over Volume QA

Tools & Technologies

• Playwright
• Selenium
• Cypress
• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins