Senior QA Automation Engineer

Dispel, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off

Performance bonus and equity eligible

Medical, vision, dental insurance

Job summary

Dispel, LLC is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team and scale automated testing across our cybersecurity platform. This hands-on role leads Playwright-based test automation, mentors engineers, and partners with security and product teams to improve quality and release confidence.

You will define QA strategies, build scalable frameworks, and ensure reliable, fast feedback in CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, SDET, or similar role.
• Experience designing automated tests for modern web applications.
• Hands-on Playwright with JavaScript or TypeScript, focusing on scalable automation frameworks.
• Strong experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and providing constructive feedback.
• Knowledge of security testing approaches and test-data management.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA strategies, frameworks, and automated test plans across multiple products.
• Define automation roadmap and quality metrics for visibility into coverage and reliability.
• Develop and maintain Playwright-based automated tests across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Own CI/CD integrated testing infrastructure and quality gates.
• Diagnose flaky tests and resolve automation failures; analyze results to differentiate defects.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and review code to raise engineering practices.

Skills

QA Automation

Playwright

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD Integration

Mentoring

Security testing

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Selenium

Jest

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team and help ensure the reliability, security, and overall quality of our cybersecurity products. You will play a key role in defining, leading, and scaling quality assurance across our platform, with a strong emphasis on test automation.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. You will lead our web application test automation efforts, designing and evolving automated testing solutions with Playwright and JavaScript, and integrating automated testing throughout the software development lifecycle. You will also mentor junior QA and automation engineers and influence engineering practices across teams.

QA Strategy & Leadership

• Lead the design and execution of QA strategies, frameworks, and automated test plans across multiple products
• Identify high-value opportunities for automation and help define the team's automation strategy and roadmap
• Participate in requirements and design reviews to identify quality risks and testability concerns early in the development lifecycle
• Define meaningful quality metrics and provide visibility into automation coverage, reliability, and product quality
• Continuously evaluate testing tools, techniques, and approaches, and drive improvement of QA processes aligned with engineering goals

Test Automation & Infrastructure

• Lead the design, development, and ongoing improvement of our automated testing framework using Playwright and JavaScript
• Develop reliable, maintainable, and reusable automated tests for browser-based cybersecurity applications, with coverage across backend, frontend, and infrastructure components
• Establish and promote automation architecture, coding standards, design patterns, and testing best practices
• Own and enhance CI/CD-integrated testing infrastructure, including quality gates and feedback mechanisms, for consistent validation across environments
• Review existing automation and improve its reliability, maintainability, execution speed, and coverage
• Diagnose and resolve flaky tests, automation failures, and complex application or environment issues
• Analyze test results to distinguish product defects from automation, environment, and test-data issues
• Contribute to our growing suite of automated security checks (e.g., SAST/DAST and dependency scanning) in CI/CD pipelines

Team Enablement & Collaboration

• Mentor junior QA and automation engineers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance
• Partner with software engineers, product managers, security teams, and QA engineers to develop effective test strategies for new features and releases
• Advocate for quality engineering practices and help shift testing earlier in the development lifecycle
• Promote a culture of quality and accountability

What You Bring

Required:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), or a similar role
• Strong experience designing and developing automated tests for modern web applications
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, preferably using JavaScript or TypeScript, with emphasis on designing scalable automation frameworks rather than solely creating individual test cases (experience with Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or similar is a plus)
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and negative testing
• Strong experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and source-control workflows
• Experience testing complex applications involving role-based access controls, permissions, multi-tenant environments, or security policies
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and providing constructive technical feedback through code reviews
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, or similar technologies
• Experience in security-critical, high-availability, or infrastructure-heavy systems
• Familiarity with API security, authentication flows, and data protection practices
• Experience leading QA initiatives in Agile environments
• Familiarity with security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST)

What Success Looks Like:

Success means moving beyond simply increasing the number of automated tests. You will build an automation ecosystem that engineers trust: tests that are reliable, maintainable, appropriately scoped, and give rapid feedback when something goes wrong. You will become a technical leader within the QA organization, helping decide what to automate, how to automate it, and how automation fits into the broader development process, while growing the engineers around you.

You as a Person

• Knowledge: Deep expertise in QA automation and CI/CD workflows
• Skill: Builds scalable testing systems and mentors others in quality practices
• Ability: Influences teams and drives improvements in product quality

You in the Role

• Autonomy: Owns and evolves QA and test automation across multiple products
• Complexity: Solves complex quality challenges across the full stack
• Impact: Ensures consistent, high-quality product releases

Extra Credit

• QA certifications such as ISTQB, or security certifications such as OSCP, CEH, or CSSLP
• Experience with SaaS platforms or networking-intensive solutions
• Hands-on experience with cloud security and compliance (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Why Dispel/Benefits

At Dispel you’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Base salary: $90,000 – $120,000
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• Performance bonus and equity eligible
• Remote work
• Medical, vision, dental insurance