Remote Senior QA Engineer: Cloud-Native Compliance Testing

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Engaging and creative work environment

Opportunities for professional growth

Access to modern testing tools

AI-assisted testing technologies

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Sr. QA Engineer to strengthen software quality across cloud-native delivery workflows in a highly regulated Pharmaceuticals & Biotech environment.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to build reliable automation, improve release confidence, and support compliance-focused testing across web apps, APIs, databases, and CI/CD pipelines. Remote work is available for US-based candidates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software QA experience, including 5+ years in test automation.
• Strong programming skills in Java or Python for automation.
• Hands-on UI automation with Playwright or Selenium.
• API testing using REST Assured, Postman or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies and ensure quality is prioritized from the start.
• Build and maintain automated tests for web UI, REST APIs, and databases.
• Own and enhance regression test suites, ensuring they run in CI/CD.
• Test for HIPAA and SOX compliance with traceability to requirements.
• Analyze test results, triage failures, and drive defect resolution.
• Validate deployments during off-hours and confirm system health post-deployment.
• Participate in risk assessments and provide evidence-based quality recommendations.
• Mentor junior QA engineers through pairing and code reviews.

Skills

QA experience

Automation testing

Java/Python

Playwright

Selenium

REST API testing

CI/CD

SQL

Performance testing

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

REST Assured

Postman

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

SQL tooling

JMeter

K6

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Sr. QA Engineer to strengthen software quality across cloud-native delivery workflows in a highly regulated Pharmaceuticals & Biotech environment.

You will collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to build reliable automation, improve release confidence, and support compliance-focused testing across web apps, APIs, databases, and CI/CD pipelines. Remote work is available for US-based candidates.