Software QA Engineer contract role

Kardow; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Kardow in Culver City, CA is seeking a Software QA Engineer on a contract basis to help verify web applications through manual testing and automation. You will design and maintain test suites with Playwright or Selenium, perform API tests, and collaborate with developers to ensure releases meet quality standards.

Ideal candidates have 3-5 years of QA experience, strong API testing skills, and experience in CI and Jira, with a focus on web applications and modern testing tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of professional QA experience testing web applications.
• Experience designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated Test Cases for web apps.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications.
• Build and extend automated UI test suites using Playwright and/or Selenium.
• Perform API testing (REST/JSON) using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
• Collaborate with developers and product on requirements, test planning, and release readiness.
• Participate in regression, smoke, and exploratory testing cycles.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of test strategy, tooling, and CI integration.

Skills

Manual testing

Test automation

API testing

Git

Jira

CI

Regression/Exploratory testing

Digital Supply Chain familiarity

AI tooling in QA

Education

Bachelor’s degree (CS/Engineering/IS)

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

REST Assured

Git

Jira

Job description

Job Title: Software QA Engineer

Location: Culver City, CA

Duration: Contract

Rate : $50/hr on C2C

Skills required

• Manual web application testing
• Test automation with Playwright/Selenium
• API testing (REST/JSON)
• Version control (Git)
• Defect tracking (Jira)
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Regression/Smoke/Exploratory testing
• Digital Supply Chain/Content Management familiarity
• AI tooling in QA workflows

Role Descriptions

• – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• – Experience working within Digital Supply Chain or Content Management systems.
• – 3-5 years of professional QA experience testing web applications.
• – Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for web applications.
• – Build and extend automated UI test suites using Playwright and/or Selenium.
• – Perform API testing (REST/JSON) using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent libraries.
• – Working knowledge of API testing concepts (HTTP methods, status codes, request/response validation, authentication).
• – Familiarity with version control (Git) and defect tracking tools (Jira or similar).
• – Investigate, reproduce, and clearly document defects with steps, expected vs. actual behavior, logs, and screenshots.
• – Collaborate with developers and product on requirements review, test planning, and release readiness.
• – Participate in regression, smoke, and exploratory testing cycles.
• – Contribute to continuous improvement of test strategy, tooling, and CI integration.
• – Familiarity or experimentation with AI tooling in QA workflows.