Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

We are looking for a full-time, remote Senior Quality Engineer with 5+ years of experience, including 2+ years of experience with test automation systems. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with product and development teams to drive quality throughout the entire software lifecycle. This role involves defining test strategies and plans, developing and executing test cases, and building automation scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery. The Senior QA Engineer will also analyze system performance and contribute to ongoing automation efforts to enhance testing efficiency and reliability. Our client provides integrated software and marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, specializing in short-term rental management. Their platform provides vacation rental companies with an enterprise-class Property Management System integrating booking, guest communications, and financial reporting systems - all built with partner organization integrations in mind.

Responsibilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements fully and ensure that test plans, methods, and strategies will cause delivered software to meet or exceed expectations
Drive the successful validation of large-scale systems, creating test plans, cases, and strategies, as well as driving quality assurance processes
Develop intelligent and efficient testing strategies to dramatically increase the ratio of internally found defects versus customer-reported defects
Design, develop, and maintain automation tests using the chosen frameworks
Plan and perform functional, E2E, and regression testing, keeping pace with the Agile team, and reporting and finding issues
Provide test summary reports that communicate key quality indicators, risks, and mitigations to leadership
Accurately estimate testing requirements for input into planning efforts
Enhance the test case library to increase test case coverage
Strive to ensure quality releases of software with no production downs and/or critical impediments to users
Provide mentorship and guidance to junior QA engineers

Required Experience
Excellent English communication and collaboration skills
5+ years of quality assurance engineering experience working with web applications and/or SaaS applications in an Agile / Scrum environment with a strong focus on automation
2+ years of experience working with Cypress or Playwright to automate UI and API tests using TypeScript and/or Java
Experience building and maintaining not only the tests themselves but also the infrastructure that enables the tests
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Fluent in SQL and relational databases, including experience testing relational database-backed applications
Familiar with CI/CD (Github Actions preferred)
Experience with performance testing and pressure testing
Motivation to achieve - must be self-directed with a high degree of initiative
Trustworthy, team-oriented, and transparent

Desired Experience
University degree or equivalent education (a technical or engineering degree is optimal)
Programming Languages: JavaScript and Python
Others: Webdriver, Cucumber, Karate, Postman, Amazon S3, Mailtrap, Sentry, and Testrail

Additional Information
Knowing your ideas are heard and matter, think big
You get to own your job and be recognized for your contributions
Work with innovative and creative people
Making mistakes is human. Let's learn from them. Be transparent
We recognize you as an individual, with no presumptions or judgment. Be the extraordinary you
15 days Paid Time Off (PTO), one floating day, three sick days, and designated national holidays
Start: ASAP

About Velozient
We are a privately held, nearshore software development company providing outsourced development resources to North American companies. Our mission is to offer development talent who enjoy taking on challenging work, want to grow their skills and experiences building software, and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment. We are focused on providing world-class remote resources to work as valued team members on client teams. If this type of opportunity excites you, then consider joining our team