Senior QA Automation Engineer - Remote (LATAM)

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

Job summary

Upgrade is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of quality across products. You will drive automation strategies, implement robust test frameworks, and collaborate with product teams to ensure high-performing software.

This fully remote, long-term contract role welcomes candidates from Argentina or Brazil and centers on modern tech like Java, Selenium, Playwright, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in QA automation
• Strong Java-based automation experience with Selenium/Playwright
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized environments
• Knowledge of performance testing and validating scalable systems
• Familiarity with Kubernetes deployments and monitoring tools
• Ability to work in an Agile team and remote collaboration

Responsibilities

• Develop test automation at the pace of feature development using AI tools and existing frameworks
• Create feature test plans and knowledge stores for AI-assisted testing
• Define AI workflows to enable developers to test new features with existing automation
• Spin up disposable environments to deploy microservices and verify configurations
• Customize, patch, and deploy infrastructure changes through production
• Analyze logs and reproduce production issues in non-production environments
• Collaborate with QA platform teams to improve feature validation and test automation

Skills

Java

Selenium

Playwright

TestNG

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD

Tools

ArgoCD

Maven

REST Assured

OkHttp

SumoLogic

Grafana

Job description

Upgrade is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of quality across products. You will drive automation strategies, implement robust test frameworks, and collaborate with product teams to ensure high-performing software.

This fully remote, long-term contract role welcomes candidates from Argentina or Brazil and centers on modern tech like Java, Selenium, Playwright, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools.