Senior QA Engineer with Automation

Alex Staff; Town of Poland (NY); On-site; USD 46,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable, long-term contract

Competitive compensation

Friendly team culture

Good vacation policy

Job summary

Alex Staff is seeking a Senior QA Engineer with Automation to join our Engineering team. The role blends manual testing with automation, emphasizing strong testing fundamentals and solid software design rather than an automation-first approach.

The position involves testing complex web applications across UI and API layers, with an initial emphasis on manual QA and a long-term 70/30 automation/manual split.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Manual QA at a senior level.
• Hands-on experience with QA automation: writing or maintaining automated tests for UI or API scenarios.
• Automation-oriented mindset: comfort with programming concepts and logical problem-solving.
• Understanding of HTTP, HTML, AJAX, JSON, REST APIs, and client-server architecture.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Strong written and spoken English (interviews conducted in English).
• Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian.

Responsibilities

• UI and API testing of complex integrated web applications.
• Developing and refining test plans.
• Writing and maintaining automated tests, primarily using Cypress.
• Close collaboration with developers in an Agile environment.
• Tracking and managing test cases using JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry.
• Identifying areas where manual testing processes can be automated for reliability and maintainability.

Skills

Manual QA experience

Automation awareness

Programming concepts

HTTP/JSON/REST basics

English proficiency

Russian/Ukrainian communication

Quality testing mindset

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

JIRA

TestRail

Qmetry

Job description

About The Company

A well-established US education-technology company with a global presence, providing digital learning content and platforms to a large user base for over two decades. Distributed, international team working on products used by millions of active users worldwide.

About The Role

Senior QA Engineer with Automation needed to join the Engineering team. This is a QA role with a meaningful automation component: the focus is on strong testing fundamentals, solid software design foundations, and identifying where automation adds real value, rather than a pure automation-first approach.

The role involves testing complex integrated web applications across both UI and API layers. Initially, most of the work will be manual QA; in the mid term, the expected split is roughly 70/30 automation-to-manual.

Responsibilities

• UI and API testing of complex integrated web applications
• Developing and refining test plans
• Writing and maintaining automated tests, primarily using Cypress
• Close collaboration with developers in an Agile environment
• Tracking and managing test cases using JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry
• Identifying areas where manual testing processes can be automated for reliability and maintainability

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Manual QA, at a senior level
• Some hands-on experience with QA automation: writing or maintaining automated tests for UI or API scenarios
• An automation-oriented mindset: comfort with programming concepts and logical problem-solving
• Understanding of HTTP, HTML, AJAX, JSON, REST APIs, and client-server architecture
• Basic knowledge of SQL
• Strong written and spoken English (interviews are conducted in English)
• Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium
• Understanding of CI/CD systems
• Experience with Agile methodology
• Experience with JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry
• Basic knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu command line)
• Basic Git knowledge

Benefits

Compensation: Up to $4,500 gross/month

What's Offered

• Stable, long-term position with a well-established American company (many team members have 5+ years of tenure)
• Competitive compensation
• Friendly and supportive team culture
• Good vacation policy

Contract Type

Independent contractor (sole proprietor / IP), incubator arrangements are not accepted.