QA Engineer: Legacy Modernization & Test Automation

Points North; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Savings

Time Off

Growth Opportunities

Flexibility

Job summary

Points North is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to advance quality for a mature production app. You’ll join a fast, Agile team focused on modernizing testing practices and building a robust testing foundation.

You’ll balance automated and manual testing, design automated suites with Playwright, C#, and TypeScript, and contribute to CI/CD and deployment automation. Remote/hybrid options may be available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in professional software development or software quality engineering.
• Proven, professional experience building and utilizing test automation tools and frameworks.
• Proficiency with languages such as C# and/or TypeScript.
• Experience testing REST APIs and using tools like Postman or equivalent automation frameworks.
• Experience with source control and modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
• Comfortable working with relational databases such as SQL Server.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work as a core member of an Agile software development team.
• Solid understanding of modern software engineering principles and best practices.
• Experience working in a SaaS company or small, fast‑paced development team.
• Familiarity with cloud services (Azure App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Functions).
• Experience bringing QA practices to legacy or established codebases.

Responsibilities

• Enable the QA modernization journey. Partner with software engineers, other quality engineers, and product managers to assess where the application stands today and chart a practical path toward modern, sustainable quality practices without over-engineering the solution.
• Balance manual and automated testing. Apply targeted manual testing where it delivers the most insight while systematically expanding automated coverage over time.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for our SaaS products using Playwright, C# and TypeScript, including end-to-end (E2E), integration, and API tests.
• Build test tools, frameworks, and utilities that improve coverage, accelerate execution, and make the whole team more effective.
• Leverage AI tools as a force multiplier, not a shortcut. Use AI thoughtfully to expand test coverage, accelerate test creation and maintenance, and surface insights.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and agile events as a core member of the team.
• Help define and evolve testing strategies and best practices across the team as the codebase and product mature.
• Follow DevSecOps best practices for CI/CD and contribute to deployment automation.
• Continuously learn and grow technically, collaboratively, and in how you think about quality.

Skills

C#

TypeScript

REST API testing

CI/CD

QA automation

Tools

Playwright

Postman

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Points North is seeking a Software Engineer in Test to advance quality for a mature production app. You’ll join a fast, Agile team focused on modernizing testing practices and building a robust testing foundation.

You’ll balance automated and manual testing, design automated suites with Playwright, C#, and TypeScript, and contribute to CI/CD and deployment automation. Remote/hybrid options may be available.