Senior / Staff QA Automation

Supernova.io Inc; Prague (OK); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing tech company is looking for a Lead QA Automation Engineer to ensure the quality of their platform. In this role, you will develop automated test strategies, maintaining test infrastructure while mentoring teams on best practices. Ideal candidates have over 7 years of experience in QA automation, especially with React applications. This position offers remote flexibility, competitive salary, and a strong equity package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Attractive equity package

25 days of annual leave

Flexible health insurance

Access to Prague office

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in QA Automation, especially in front-end tests.
• Deep understanding of React applications and modern web stacks.
• Hands-on experience maintaining automated test suites using Playwright.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated test strategies for front-end applications.
• Design integration test suites covering complex flows.
• Collaborate with teams to establish test plans and enhance processes.
• Maintain test infrastructure for stable test runs.
• Mentor teams on QA best practices.

Skills

QA Automation

React

Front-end test automation

Playwright

Team collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Typescript

React

Next.js

Node

Job description

Overview

At Supernova, we’re on a mission to supercharge the productivity of product teams by eliminating tedious, time-consuming tasks, and rekindling the joy of creating exceptional user experiences. Our platform automates and streamlines key aspects of product development, with a particular focus on design systems and their seamless integration across the development lifecycle.

Founded in 2018, and after years of research and development tackling some of the toughest challenges in the industry, Supernova is rapidly becoming the platform of choice for many of the world’s most innovative and impactful companies.

From the very beginning, Supernova has been a remote-first company. Our team is globally distributed across 11 (and counting!) countries, bringing together diverse backgrounds and extensive experience collaborating with product, design, and development teams. We are at the most exciting point in Supernova\'s history—experiencing significant growth of our platform, welcoming top-tier companies, including Fortune 500 leaders, securing substantial investments, and preparing to launch an exciting new product feature focused on [redacted] that will revolutionize how products are developed in the future.

Lead QA Automation Engineer

As our Lead QA Automation Engineer, you’ll take charge of ensuring the highest quality of our platform, with a strong focus on front-end coverage and integration tests across our entire product. We rely on Playwright to automate our QA processes, and you’ll guide our testing strategy, building out robust and maintainable test suites to validate everything from custom visualizations to real-time multiplayer features. We plan to invest heavily into the AI to help us maintain the product as well, giving you a unique opportunity to work with bleeding-edge technologies at scale and lead us into the future.

Note: We are an equal opportunity employer and remote-first company. At this time, we can only support hiring within the EU or our Prague office for this role.

At Supernova, you’ll be responsible for:

• Developing and executing automated test strategies for our front-end applications (React, Next.js, TypeScript) using Playwright
• Designing and maintaining integration test suites that cover complex flows across our entire platform
• Collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams to identify critical areas for testing, establish test plans, and continuously enhance our QA processes
• Maintaining and improving our test infrastructure to ensure reliable, stable, and performant test runs (CI/CD)
• Ensuring our platform can scale and evolve, with a focus on preventing regressions and creating high-confidence releases
• Mentoring product teams on best practices in automation and QA, fostering a culture of quality throughout the organization

Tech & Tools we use

• Playwright for front-end test automation
• Typescript, React, Next.js, Turbo, Vite and Electron (front-end)
• TanStack libraries (Query, Form, Router, etc.)
• TipTap-based custom editor
• State-less platform architecture
• REST w/ hooks for static data, Websockets (Liveblocks.io) for multiplayer
• Typescript, Node, Postgres, AWS in the backend
• Sentry and other logging means
• GitHub Copilot or equivalent
• GitHub, Slack, Notion

We want to hear from you if you

• Have 7+ years of professional experience in QA Automation (with at least a few focusing on front-end test automation)
• Have a deep understanding of React applications and the modern web development stack
• Have hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated test suites using Playwright (or similar frameworks)
• Have built and led QA processes that supported high-performing, English-speaking teams
• Understand how to structure tests to maximize efficiency and minimize flakiness
• Are proactive in exploring ways to automate repetitive tasks to increase productivity and reliability
• (Bonus) Have worked on product development-related tooling in the past
• (Bonus) Have side projects that showcase your passion for continuous improvement

Our offer to you

• The opportunity to solve challenging problems that extend beyond your role
• An amazing team of highly skilled teammates to learn from—and to share your unique expertise with
• A healthy work-life balance
• Competitive salary
• Attractive equity package with significant upside potential (we are still early and growing rapidly!)
• Fully remote work flexibility
• Access to our beautiful Prague office if you prefer an in-person environment
• 25 days of annual leave + sick days
• Flexible health, dental, and vision insurance (US)
• Team events and offsites