REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of software testing experience, including both manual and automated testing
• Strong experience in API and end-to-end test automation using Playwright and TypeScript
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining automation frameworks for API/backend testing
• Experience leveraging AI across the full SDLC, not limited to end-to-end test automation
• Proven experience defining and driving quality strategy across the SDLC
• Experience establishing QA processes, testing standards, and test management practices from scratch in a greenfield environment
• Experience collaborating with engineers and product stakeholders to define feature specifications, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios
• Experience setting up and maintaining mock servers and stubs for external service integrations
• Ability to extend automation coverage from backend services to frontend applications
• Strong understanding of test architecture, mocking strategies, and test data management
• Experience developing and maintaining end-to-end automated tests and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to combine AI-assisted testing with exploratory and critical-thinking approaches to identify issues beyond automated coverage
• Senior-level quality engineering mindset with ownership of overall product quality, not just test automation
• Highly self-directed, proactive, and comfortable working in a greenfield environment with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills