Remote Senior QA Engineer — Automation & Quality Lead

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 82,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software testing across API, backend and data-heavy systems with frontend validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality initiatives; drive risk-based testing and improve squad practices.
• Test across the stack: UI, APIs, backend services, data pipelines.
• Automate with intent using Playwright and scripting.
• Mentor teammates to raise quality standards and share best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Design.

Skills

Quality focus

Full stack testing

Leadership

Investigative rigour

User focus

AI-powered testing

Automation strategy

Test design

Technical depth

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Playwright

JMeter

Python

TypeScript

Job description