Senior QA Automation Engineer: API & Web Testing Lead

Remotestar Team; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Remotestar Team is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to own the end-to-end testing lifecycle for enterprise-grade products.

You will design and maintain comprehensive test plans, build automated frameworks for web, API, and integration tests, and drive CI/CD integration to enable continuous testing across pipelines.

The role requires hands-on work with Playwright, Selenium, or Cypress, plus strong SQL and API testing skills in a fast-moving Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks for web, mobile, and API.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, or C# for automation development.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or Appium.
• Strong API testing experience using Postman, Swagger, or REST Assured.
• Advanced SQL skills for backend validation and data reconciliation.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with AI-assisted testing tools like Claude or GitHub Copilot.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Agile/Scrum.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Zephyr, Xray, or TestRail.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end testing lifecycle and ensure product quality for customers.
• Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive test plans, scenarios, and cases.
• Translate business workflows and complex domain requirements into effective test strategies.
• Lead defect management, including root cause analysis, bug triage, and release sign-off.
• Validate complex business logic, calculations, and mathematical operations.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation using SQL, database analysis, and Excel.
• Test and validate RESTful APIs to ensure data integrity and service reliability.
• Design and implement automated test frameworks for web, APIs, and integration workflows.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage and reduce manual effort.

Skills

Automation framework design

Web/mobile/API automation

SQL

API testing

CI/CD

Java

Python

JavaScript

C#

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Postman

Swagger

REST Assured

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Postman

Swagger

REST Assured

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Remotestar Team is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to own the end-to-end testing lifecycle for enterprise-grade products.

You will design and maintain comprehensive test plans, build automated frameworks for web, API, and integration tests, and drive CI/CD integration to enable continuous testing across pipelines.

The role requires hands-on work with Playwright, Selenium, or Cypress, plus strong SQL and API testing skills in a fast-moving Agile environment.