Staff QA Engineer

Tatari; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity compensation

401K benefits

Wellness day off

Catered lunches

Job summary

Tatari is hiring a Staff QA Engineer to elevate automated testing across the buying platform and adjacent services. You will own the end-to-end test strategy and shape the automation framework with leadership, working closely with engineering and product teams.

You will mentor engineers, write robust tests in Playwright and Python, and help drive quality across releases. This hybrid role is based in Los Angeles with in-office days and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in QA automation or SDET roles.
• Experience building and scaling test automation frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of TypeScript, Python, and SQL.
• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Tatari’s E2E test automation framework in Playwright.
• Set the technical direction for test automation and create reference code and docs.
• Write and improve unit and integration tests across the stack (TypeScript/Python).
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and fix flaky tests.
• Build tooling for data validation and backend verification.
• Do hands-on exploratory testing on high-risk workflows.
• Act as the senior technical voice for QA and provide risk assessments.
• Mentor engineers, pair program, and contribute to QA docs.
• Participate in technical interviews for QA candidates.

Skills

SDET

QA Automation

End-to-end testing

TypeScript

Python

SQL

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Job description

Tatari is on a mission to revolutionize TV advertising. Founded in 2016 to help transform the antiquated world of TV advertising through the intelligent application of AI and machine learning, Tatari helps some of the world’s fastest growing brands including Chime, Calm, Tecovas, Manscaped, Saatva, and Liquid I.V., reach their customers using linear and streaming TV ads. Our platform combines sophisticated media buying with proprietary analytics to turn TV advertising into an automated, digital-like experience, enabling businesses of any size to advertise on TV.

That approach has earned Tatari broad industry recognition, including being named Best CTV AdTech Platform in the 8th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards, as well as honors from Digiday (Best Connected TV Platform), AdExchanger (Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology), and Business Insider (Hottest AdTech Companies). Tatari has also been recognized as the Best Place to Work by Inc. Magazine. Backed by an executive team of former founders and senior leaders from companies including Shazam, TrueCar, AdapTV, LiveRail, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Yahoo, Tatari continues to scale rapidly as TV advertising enters its next major era.

Overview

We are looking for a Staff QA Engineer to join the Buying and Optimization team. In this role, you will work alongside engineering leadership to raise the bar for testing practices, set best practices, and scale our automation frameworks. You will have the opportunity to partner with product leaders to ensure correctness, reliability, and smooth user experience across Tatari’s buying platform and adjacent services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Tatari’s end-to-end (E2E) test automation framework in Playwright. Write a large share of the core framework code, shared utilities, and the hardest test suites yourself.
• Set the technical direction for test automation, including tooling, architecture, and testing patterns, and turn it into reference code and design docs others can follow.
• Write and improve unit and integration tests across the stack (TypeScript/Jest, Python/pytest). Build the patterns, fixtures, and helpers that make good testing the easiest path for QA engineers and feature teams.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines; fix flaky tests, speed up test runs, improve pipeline observability, and build reliable release gates.
• Build tooling for data validation and backend verification, including SQL-based data integrity checks, API contract and response validation, and test data setup for sandbox and staging environments.
• Do hands-on exploratory testing on the highest-risk workflows, and review test plans and automation code written by other engineers.
• Act as the senior technical voice for QA. Give engineering and product leadership risk assessments and coverage data to inform release decisions.
• Raise the testing bar across engineering by mentoring, pairing, and writing best-practice docs. Take part in technical interviews for QA candidates.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as an SDET, QA Automation Engineer, or Software Engineer with a strong focus on automated testing and QA methodologies
• Expert in automated E2E testing (Playwright preferred, Cypress or Selenium considered).
• Solid TypeScript and Python skills (Jest, pytest, or similar), plus familiarity with React applications and bonus for client-side web applications. Proficient in SQL.
• A track record of building test automation frameworks for UIs, APIs, and microservices from scratch and scaling them as teams grew.
• Proven ability to set testing strategy and standards for a team, and drive their adoption across multiple engineers and projects.
• Strong communicator, whether its presenting to engineering and product leadership or mentoring/coaching other engineers.
• Strategic mindset: able to prioritize testing investment against coverage and risk, and make the case for QA roadmap decisions.
• Detail focused, strong analytical skills, a knack for edge-case discovery, and a genuine commitment to engineering excellence.
• Total compensation ($170,000 - 200,000/annually)
• Equity compensation
• Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents
• 401K, FSA, and commuter benefits
• $150 monthly spending account
• $1,000 annual continued education benefit
• $500 Newbie Productivity Perk
• Unlimited PTO and sick days
• Monthly Company Wellness Day Off
• Snacks, drinks, and catered lunches at the office
• Team building events
• Hybrid RTO of 2 days per week in office.

At Tatari, we believe in the importance of cultivating teams with diverse backgrounds and offering equal opportunities to all. We strive to create a welcoming, inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and diversity is celebrated.