QA engineer (auto) for SaaS web applications

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

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Conference attendance

Wellness hour (weekly)

AI-driven tooling access

Modern tech gear

Annual team meetups

Job summary

Scrive is seeking a QA Engineer for a 1-year fixed term contract to drive an automation-first testing approach for our SaaS web apps. You will write automated scripts with Playwright in JavaScript/TypeScript, perform manual validation, and work with cross-functional squads to improve quality and reliability.

We value strong debugging skills, fluent English, and a proactive, exploratory testing mindset. Experience with API/backend testing (Python/pytest) and performance/security testing is a plus.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience testing web apps in SaaS.
• Balanced manual and automated testing with an automation-first mindset.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills; proactive exploratory testing.
• Fluent English communication for reporting and updates.
• Bonus: API/back-end testing with Python/pytest; performance or security tools; fast-paced growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated tests using JavaScript/TypeScript and Playwright.
• Perform manual testing and feature validation to cover gaps where automation is not yet enough.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA peers to raise quality.
• Identify, log, and troubleshoot issues; document steps to reproduce in Jira.

Skills

Automated testing

Manual testing

Playwright

JavaScript/TypeScript

Bug investigation

Cross-functional work

Analytical thinking

English communication

API testing

Python

Tools

Playwright

Python

pytest

Job description

Join Scrive and be part of an international, fast-growing company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Collaborate with smart, caring, and driven colleagues across Europe as we shape the Scrive story. We are currently looking for a QA Engineer (1-year fixed term contract) to join our team and play a key role in our transition to an automation-first testing approach while ensuring the high quality of our SaaS web applications. This role is an exciting opportunity to help deliver secure, stable, and user-friendly solutions by uncovering hidden bugs and minimizing avoidable customer incidents.

Задачи:

• Develop and maintain automated tests - Write and execute automated scripts using JavaScript or TypeScript and the Playwright framework to extend our test coverage.
• Perform manual testing & feature validation - Balance your time with manual regression and exploratory testing to ensure full product validation where automation is not yet sufficient.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional squads - work together with developers, product managers, and your QA peers to explore new features, clarify requirements early, and push the quality bar higher with each release.
• Identify, log, and troubleshoot issues - investigate bugs using logs, browser dev tools, and test outputs, documenting clear steps to reproduce in Jira and contributing to shared knowledge bases.

Требования:

• 3-5 years of experience in testing web applications within a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company.
• Proven track record in balancing manual and automated testing, with a strong readiness to champion an automation-first mindset.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to exploratory testing and finding the root cause of issues.
• Fluent English communication skills, allowing you to clearly convey test results, document findings, and provide structured updates to your team.
• Будет плюсом: Experience with API and backend service testing using Python and pytest, expanding coverage beyond web UI applications; Familiarity with performance or security testing tools to help identify bottlenecks and vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle; Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth working environment

Условия:

• We offer a highly supportive team culture featuring daily developer syncs, weekly QA knowledge-sharing sessions, and annual psychical team meetups somewhere within Europe.
• Personal development: Individual learning budget and the opportunity to attend annual conferences and meetups.
• Health & flexibility: flexible public holidays and a weekly wellness hour to support a great work-life balance.
• AI-driven approach: we highly prioritise innovation and provide access to market-leading AI tools to automate workflows and continuously evolve how we work.
• Modern tech gear, ensuring you have the absolute best setup to succeed.
• We offer the opportunity to be part of a company where your ideas matter and your contribution helps build the future of digital trust.