Senior QA Automation Engineer – Remote, Streaming Platform

Weather-Group-Television-LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Local Now is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and scaling of automated testing for the LN 2.0 streaming platform. You will architect test frameworks, drive coverage, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure high playback quality and reliable ads across devices.

The role requires 5+ years in QA with 3+ years leading automation for multi-platform mobile/CTV products, plus hands-on experience with modern automation tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience on consumer software, with at least 3 years leading automation efforts on multi-platform mobile and/or CTV products.
• Proven track record of architecting automated test frameworks from scratch for web, mobile, or CTV using modern tools (Playwright, Appium, Detox, XCUITest, Espresso, Robot Framework).
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD test pipelines.
• Hands-on testing and automation familiarity on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Tizen, or Vizio platforms.
• Strong analytical and bug-investigation skills; able to isolate environmental, timing, and platform-specific issues.
• Clear written communication; excellent at writing reproducible bug reports and concise automation docs and test plans.
• Self-directed technical leader who thrives in a remote, distributed engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale maintainable test automation frameworks across mobile, connected TV (CTV) platforms, and web.
• Drive the test automation roadmap, establishing automation best practices, framework architecture, page-object models, and test data strategies.
• Integrate automated test suites directly into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitrise, Jenkins) for continuous regression, deployment health checks, and release gating.
• Test video playback (live and VOD), ad insertion (client-side and server-side), and quality-of-experience (QoE) scenarios.
• Test and debug API/microservice integrations for data integrity, performance, and contract validation.
• Validate privacy and consent flows: CMP behavior, preference persistence, DSAR-affected paths, and PII boundaries.

Skills

QA experience

Automation leadership

Playwright

Appium

Detox

XCUITest

Espresso

Robot Framework

CI/CD pipelines

Multi-platform

CTV platforms

Bug investigation

Reproducible bug reports

Remote work

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Detox

XCUITest

Espresso

Robot Framework

GitHub Actions

Bitrise

Jenkins

Job description

Local Now is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and scaling of automated testing for the LN 2.0 streaming platform. You will architect test frameworks, drive coverage, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure high playback quality and reliable ads across devices.

The role requires 5+ years in QA with 3+ years leading automation for multi-platform mobile/CTV products, plus hands-on experience with modern automation tools.