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QA Automation Engineer

Posted 24 Days Ago
Remote
13 Locations
Mid level
Remote
13 Locations
Mid level
As a QA Automation Engineer, you'll develop and maintain automated test suites for backend, web, and mobile applications, ensuring quality throughout the development lifecycle.
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Do you want to work on cutting-edge projects with the world’s best IT engineers? Do you wish you could control which projects to work on and choose your own pay rate? Are you interested in the future of work and how the cloud will form teams? If so - the Gigster Talent Network is for you.

Our clients rely on our Network for two main areas, Software Development and Cloud Services. In some cases, they need help building great new products, in others they want our expertise in migrating, maintaining, and optimizing their cloud solutions.

At Gigster, whether working with entrepreneurs to realize ‘the next great vision’ or with Fortune 500 companies to deliver a big product launch, we build really cool enterprise software on cutting-edge technology.


The Role


 

As a QA Engineer at our client’s company, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the quality of both their codebase and the systems they build. You’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining test suites that support automated software delivery and boost confidence in every release. Your work will directly contribute to building reliable, maintainable, and testable systems across backend, web, and mobile platforms.

You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure quality is prioritized from the start and throughout the development cycle. This includes defining test strategies, identifying risk areas, and shaping a thoughtful and practical approach to automation and validation.

Their technology stack includes Node.js, the Serverless Framework, Neon, GraphQL, React/Vite, Swift, and Kotlin. This role calls for strong technical skills, attention to detail, and a clear understanding of where automation adds the most value.


Key Responsibilities 

  • Define and implement test strategies for backend, web, and mobile components
  • Build, maintain, and evolve automated test suites across platforms and services
  • Collaborate with developers, designers, and PMs to ensure testability and release readiness
  • Execute manual exploratory testing for complex workflows and edge cases as needed
  • Review product requirements, identify risk areas, and translate them into test cases
  • Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable feedback
  • Monitor test performance, investigate failures, and own continuous improvement
  • Contribute to release validation, smoke testing, and rollback readiness
  • Promote a quality-first culture by advocating for automation, coverage, and observability
  • Document test plans, test coverage, and QA processes for team alignment

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in automated testing frameworks for web and mobile (e.g., Playwright, Maestro, Appium, Detox, XCTest, Espresso)
  • Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills; working knowledge of Swift and Kotlin is a plus
  • Experience testing GraphQL APIs, including writing and validating queries/mutations
  • Familiarity with backend testing approaches (e.g., mocking services, validating serverless functions)
  • Experience with CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or equivalent
  • Ability to implement and maintain reliable, scalable automated test suites across layers (UI, API, integration)
  • Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, including testing in serverless and ephemeral environments
  • Comfort with testing in a modern stack: Node.js, Serverless Framework, Neon, React/Vite
  • Understanding of test coverage metrics, flakiness mitigation, and test reliability best practices
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for documentation and collaboration

Our recruitment process

  • Recruiter Screen (30 mins)
  • Technical Interview  (30 min)
  • Client Interview Day (Multiple sessions / Meet the team)

We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.



What we offer

  • Totally remote, full-time (40h/week)
  • Monday to Friday, flexible work hours (from US Pacific Standard Time to British Time)
  • Long-term, no end date contractor agreement
  • Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice
  • PTO for Local holidays based on the country of residence, plus two calendar weeks (10 workdays)

Top Skills

Appium
CircleCI
Detox
Espresso
Github Actions
GraphQL
Kotlin
Maestro
Neon
Node.js
Playwright
React
Serverless Framework
Swift
Vite
Xctest

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