QA Engineer — AI-Driven Testing & Release Gatekeeper

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Openkrill is hiring a QA Engineer to own testing across real-time retail audio, ad-tech platforms, and IoT hardware streams. You will migrate manual verification into AI-assisted automation, establishing a robust release framework and end-to-end UI/API coverage.

The role spans four web apps, Python services, edge devices, and React/TypeScript frontends, with Docker Compose and Raspberry Pi testing in low-reliability networks.

Qualifications

• Computer Science degree or equivalent demonstrated depth through complex side projects, hardware builds, or competitive programming.
• Advanced command-line proficiency (Linux CLI, SSH, process management, shell scripting, log analysis).
• Solid comprehension of distributed web architecture, API contracts, client-server interactions, and database behavior.
• High degree of autonomy with a natural tendency toward systematic edge-case discovery.
• Fluent spoken and written English with overlap for UTC+2 working hours.

Responsibilities

• Establish the release gatekeeping strategy to independently approve or block production deployments across all platforms
• Convert manual hardware and software validation rules into automated regression suites using Claude Code
• Engineer end-to-end UI automation across four web applications using modern execution frameworks like Playwright
• Develop API integration tests validating real-time ad serving, playlist generation, and transactional event reporting
• Expand Docker Compose test environments to automate real-time streaming validation for Raspberry Pi edge devices
• Conduct physical edge-device testing to verify hardware power-loss recovery, local caching, and ad-insertion timing
• Author structured, edge-case-driven test documentation and step-by-step verification protocols in Notion
• Trace system failures directly through server logs, SSH sessions, and CLI diagnostics to deliver isolated bug reports

Skills

Linux CLI

SSH

Shell scripting

Log analysis

Autonomy

Edge-case discovery

English communication

Education

Computer Science degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Playwright

Pytest

Cypress

Vitest

Docker Compose

GitHub Actions

Job description

Openkrill is hiring a QA Engineer to own testing across real-time retail audio, ad-tech platforms, and IoT hardware streams. You will migrate manual verification into AI-assisted automation, establishing a robust release framework and end-to-end UI/API coverage.

The role spans four web apps, Python services, edge devices, and React/TypeScript frontends, with Docker Compose and Raspberry Pi testing in low-reliability networks.