Remote QA Automation Engineer – Playwright & API

SpinQuest; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Annual bonus

Job summary

SpinQuest is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer - Automation for a fully remote position in the United States. You will split time between manual testing and automation, focusing on Playwright (web) and Maestro (mobile), validating API and UI flows, and supporting compliant, accurate currency mechanics.

You’ll work with the Head of QA and Senior QE to design tests, execute exploratory testing, and contribute to CI/CD test runs with GitHub Actions.

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of QA experience with hands-on manual and automated testing
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC/STLC, defect lifecycle, and test planning
• Working proficiency with at least one automation framework (Playwright strongly preferred)
• Programming/scripting experience in JavaScript/TypeScript (Python or Java a plus)
• Experience with API testing, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience testing web and mobile applications
• Experience with test case management tools (Qase, TestRail, or similar) and defect trackers (Linear, Jira)
• Strong written communication for bug reports and test evidence relied on by non-QA stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Work with Head of QA and Senior QE, balancing manual testing and automation development across Playwright and Maestro
• Design and execute functional, regression, integration, API, and end-to-end tests for web and mobile
• Validate dual-currency mechanics, edge cases, and data accuracy
• Develop and maintain automated tests with Playwright and contribute to Maestro coverage for iOS
• Perform API testing using Postman and follow the Qase workflow
• Log clear bugs in Linear with steps, severity, and evidence
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to troubleshoot defects
• Contribute to CI/CD test execution via GitHub Actions and expand automated coverage over time

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

API testing

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD pipelines

Bug reporting

Strong communication

Tools

Playwright

Maestro

Postman

Git

Jira

Qase

TestRail

Linear

Job description

SpinQuest is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer - Automation for a fully remote position in the United States. You will split time between manual testing and automation, focusing on Playwright (web) and Maestro (mobile), validating API and UI flows, and supporting compliant, accurate currency mechanics.

You’ll work with the Head of QA and Senior QE to design tests, execute exploratory testing, and contribute to CI/CD test runs with GitHub Actions.