Senior QA Automation Engineer

Hotel Trader; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hotel Trader is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to lead end-to-end Playwright automation for UI and API layers. You will work with Claude Code agents to generate tests and edge cases directly from requirements and PRs, shaping an agent-driven SDLC where manual testing is scarce.

You will design AI agents that own test design, autonomous regression triage, and release sign-off, while integrating QA with Jira, CI/CD, and data systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years QA with automation-first mindset.
• Hands-on Playwright (or Cypress) UI + API automation.
• Fluent in JS/TS and API testing tools.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end Playwright automation (UI + API) across backend services.
• Design AI agents for SDLC slices and autonomous regression triage.
• Integrate QA with Jira, CI/CD, and observability tools; AI-driven tests.

Skills

Playwright automation

JavaScript/TypeScript

AI/ML fundamentals

SQL

CI/CD tooling

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Playwright

Postman/Insomnia

Cypress

Job description

We're hiring someone who treats AI agents as collaborators, building Playwright suites, designing autonomous test agents, and shaping QA for an agent-driven SDLC where manual testing is the exception, not the norm.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end Playwright automation (UI + API) across backend services.
• Daily-driver use of Claude Code agents, skills, MCP servers to generate test cases, test data & edge cases straight from requirements/PRs.
• Design AI agents that own SDLC slices: PR-triggered test design, autonomous regression triage, release sign-off.
• Build custom Claude skills/MCP servers integrating QA with Jira, CI/CD, ScyllaDB/Kafka, observability tools.
• AI-driven defect prediction, flaky test detection, root cause analysis.
• SQL-based data validation across transactional & analytical systems.

Requirements;

• 5+ years QA, automation-first mindset (not manual-first).
• Strong hands-on Playwright (or Cypress) UI + API automation.
• Proficiency in JS/TypeScript + Postman/Insomnia.
• Working fluency with Claude Code / Cursor / Copilot for test generation & review.
• Solid grasp of AI/ML fundamentals, prompt engineering, context management, and evaluating LLM output reliability.
• Knowledge of SQL, CI tooling (GitHub Actions/Jenkins), Agile/Scrum.
• Comfort treating AI agents as first-class collaborators, knowing when to trust, verify, or override.

Bonus points:

• Built MCP servers or custom Claude skills/tools.
• Experience with agentic test orchestration.
• Measured AI-assisted productivity metrics (test velocity, coverage uplift, defect escape rate).
• Background in distributed systems / event-driven architecture / B2B SaaS.