Quality Assurance Engineer - English Required (Mexico only)

DaCodes; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work / Home office

English classes

Professional development courses

Job summary

DaCodes is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Scrum team, ensuring the quality of our SaaS solutions. You’ll craft test plans, write cases for both initial and regression testing, and drive automation with Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium.

You will collaborate across teams, contribute to acceptance criteria, and monitor QA metrics to prevent issues from reaching production. Strong English skills and SaaS/API testing experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of QA experience.
• Advanced English, written and spoken.
• Hands-on experience with white box and black box testing for SaaS platforms.
• Experience testing APIs and applications built with PHP 8.x and Vue.js.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal teams to identify system requirements and goals of planned solutions.
• Provide feedback on acceptance criteria for user stories.
• Create comprehensive test plans and test cases for initial and regression testing.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities.
• Design, develop, and execute automation scripts using various tools.
• Identify and document bugs and issues thoroughly.
• Perform revalidation and regression testing when bugs are resolved.
• Track QA metrics such as defect density and open defect counts.

Skills

QA methodology

Exploratory testing

Automation testing

CI/CD

Saas testing

API testing

Debugging

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

Python

SQL

GitHub

PHP 8.x

Vue.js

Job description

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will work collaboratively within a Scrum environment to ensure the quality and reliability of our SaaS solutions. You will contribute directly to the assessment of test objectives and the creation of test plans, use a variety of exploratory and automated testing techniques and tools, capture and leverage test and quality metrics, and execute test plans to validate pre-production software. Driven by the goal of preventing issues from reaching production, you will directly contribute to customer success and help drive TradeCentric’s next phase of growth.

Reports to: Quality Assurance Engineering Manager

Hours: ET timezone

Location: Candidate must be located in Mexico

Advanced English, both written and spoken

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with internal teams to identify system requirements and the goals of planned solutions
• Provide feedback on and contribute to acceptance criteria for user stories
• Create comprehensive test plans and test cases for both initial and regression testing
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities
• Design, develop, and execute automation scripts using various tools
• Identify and thoroughly document bugs and issues
• Perform revalidation and regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Track quality assurance metrics, such as defect density and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies

Who You Are

• A great teammate: confident and passionate, yet humble and empathetic
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field strongly preferred
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in QA
• Advanced English, both written and spoken
• A self-starter able to hit the ground running with minimal supervision
• Experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing for SaaS platforms
• An avid problem-solver who can simulate production scenarios, replicate issues, and identify edge cases
• Proficient in testing applications and APIs built with PHP 8.x and Vue.js, or similar
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium)
• Hands-on experience with automation scripting (Python) and SQL
• Knowledge of data formats including XML, cXML, and JSON, as well as HTTP/API protocols
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience testing in a Scrum and CI/CD environment
• Experience with source code control systems, specifically GitHub

Nice to Have

• Experience with performance and/or security testing
• Experience in B2B, e-commerce, or integration domains and software

Opportunity to work with global brands and disruptive startups.
Remote work / Home office.
If a hybrid or on-site work arrangement is required, you will be informed from the very first session.
Work schedule aligned with your assigned team/project.
Monday-to-Friday work schedule.
Access to courses and certifications.
Virtual team-building events and interest groups.
English classes.
Opportunities across our different business lines.