QA Automation Engineer

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Asynchronous work environment

Remote-First company culture

Job summary

Remote People is hiring an Intermediate QA Automation Engineer for a remote-first team spanning Asia and Europe. You will own test coverage for your squad, contribute to requirements reviews, and accelerate testing using AI tools while maintaining high quality across a SaaS platform.

You’ll join a cross-functional squad with PM, Designer, Front-End, Back-End, and QA Engineers, ensuring robust automation, strong collaboration, and continuous delivery in a global, async environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Quality Assurance or Software Development roles.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright or a comparable test automation framework.
• Experience with API testing and automation.
• Familiarity with Jira and Git for issue tracking and version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated tests for new features and regression scenarios.
• Conduct functional, integration and regression testing to validate application functionality.
• Triage and report defects from discovery through resolution.
• Monitor and reduce end-user found vs QA found defect ratio.
• Minimize QA impact on release schedules.
• Use AI tools to accelerate test generation and validate outputs.
• Contribute to requirements reviews from a QA perspective.

Skills

Playwright

API testing

Test automation

Functional testing

Remote collaboration

Tools

Jira

Git

CI/CD

AI tooling

Job description

About Remote People

At Remote People, we're building the infrastructure to power borderless teams. By handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance, our technology enables businesses to hire anyone anywhere compliantly at the push of a button.

We're committed to building a global, diverse team representing different and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability. Being part of Remote People means being part of a growing, international family.

Overview

We're seeking an Intermediate QA Automation Engineer with solid testing fundamentals, a quality-first mindset, and a drive to grow fast in a high-ownership environment.

What you'll be doing

You'll join one of our cross-functional squads — working alongside a Product Manager, a Designer, Front-End, Back-End and QA Engineers — building the world's best Employer of Record platform. We are a remote-first team spread across Asia and Europe, so you'll collaborate asynchronously and across time zones as a matter of course. You'll own test coverage for your squad's features, contribute to requirements review, and be expected to take increasing responsibility for quality as you grow. AI tooling is a first-class part of how we work: you'll use it to accelerate test generation and develop sharp judgment about validating its output.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated tests for both new features and regression scenarios
• Conduct functional, integration and regression testing to validate application functionality against requirements, with manual testing as needed
• Triage and report defects accurately, tracking them from discovery through to resolution
• Monitor and help reduce the ratio of end-user found vs QA found defects
• Keep QA impact on release schedule to a minimum
• Use AI tools to accelerate test generation, while developing the judgment to review and validate generated tests
• Contribute to requirements review by bringing a QA perspective

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years in Quality Assurance or Software Development roles
• Hands-on experience with Playwright or a comparable test automation framework
• Good coding skills enabling efficient test automation
• Experience with API testing and automation
• Familiarity with issue tracking tools (preferably Jira) and version control (preferably Git)
• Ability to communicate effectively in a remote environment — clear written communication, reliable async collaboration

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with AI coding assistants applied to test generation, and a willingness to build a disciplined workflow around them
• Experience creating and maintaining manual testing plans
• Experience working on a SaaS platform, or at least a custom-built product
• Familiarity with agile environments and frequent release cycles
• Awareness of DevOps practices related to QA infrastructure and CI/CD
• Understanding of web application development concepts
• Self-directed and curious: you take ownership of your tasks, seek feedback proactively, and drive your own growth without waiting to be pushed

What it's like working at Remote People

Our service & product. We're a technology company, not an accountancy, payroll provider, recruitment firm or similar. We build a workforce management platform that allows our customers to hire the best talent in minutes, without worrying about compliance, payroll, or HR admin.

Our amazing team and environment. Working at Remote People means you're working on something very exciting: Allowing every person on the planet to have access to equal opportunities in living a fulfilled work and personal life. We believe in hiring from within and going the extra mile to retain top talent. As the company continues to grow extremely fast, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow alongside.

Our benefits and perks. Being part of Remote People means that you get the benefit of:

• A competitive salary
• An asynchronous working environment
• A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid) - based on the nature of the job
• The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
• Growth opportunities within the company
• We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one