Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Remote

Remote (North America/Latin America timezones)

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About Maximus

Maximus

Please note: You will receive an invite in a separate email upon submitting an application. andidates that complete the questionnaire will get strongly prioritized

About the Role:

As our Senior QA Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our applications. You'll work closely with our engineering and product teams to implement effective testing strategies, with a primary focus on automation while maintaining manual testing capabilities. This position requires a balance of technical expertise and strong communication skills to drive quality throughout our development process.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using Cypress for UI, component, and API testing.
• Perform manual testing activities to ensure comprehensive coverage.
• Collaborate with developers on defining and implementing effective test automation architecture.
• Actively contribute to the planning and execution of load, performance, and security testing initiatives.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies and provide quality-focused input during planning and refinement.
• Mentor and train junior team members on test automation best practices.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Document testing processes, test plans, and results in JIRA/Confluence.
• Identify, report, and track defects through resolution.
• Provide regular updates on testing progress and quality metrics.

Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using Cypress for UI, component, and API testing.

Perform manual testing activities to ensure comprehensive coverage.

Collaborate with developers on defining and implementing effective test automation architecture.

Actively contribute to the planning and execution of load, performance, and security testing initiatives.

Actively participate in agile ceremonies and provide quality-focused input during planning and refinement.

Mentor and train junior team members on test automation best practices.

Work with engineering teams to integrate testing into CI/CD workflows.

Document testing processes, test plans, and results in JIRA/Confluence.

Identify, report, and track defects through resolution.

Provide regular updates on testing progress and quality metrics.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 5+ years of QA engineering experience with a focus ontest automation.
• Strong experience withCypresstest automation for UI, component, and API testing.
• 3+ years of experience withGraphQL and REST API testing.
• Experience contributing to load, performance, and security testing initiatives and understanding their methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience building new automation suites from early stages.
• Strong understanding of test automation architecture principles.
• Experience testing applications built with modern web frameworks (experience with Ruby and React stacks is a significant plus).
• Proficiency with CI/CD workflows, preferably Github Actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Active contributor in agile development environments.
• Experience mentoring or training junior engineers.
• Development experience is a plus.

test automation

Cypress

GraphQL and REST API testing

Experience contributing to load, performance, and security testing initiatives and understanding their methodologies.

Demonstrated experience building new automation suites from early stages.

Strong understanding of test automation architecture principles.

Experience testing applications built with modern web frameworks (experience with Ruby and React stacks is a significant plus).

Proficiency with CI/CD workflows, preferably Github Actions.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Active contributor in agile development environments.

Experience mentoring or training junior engineers.

Development experience is a plus.

Technical Stack / Skills:

• Testing Frameworks: Cypress (UI, Component, API testing)
• API Technologies: GraphQL (3+ years), REST (3+ years)
• Frontend: Experience testing applications built with frameworks like React
• Testing Types: Automated testing (75%), Manual testing (25%)
• CI/CD: Experience with automated testing pipelines, preferably Github Actions
• Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, Atlassian suite
• Quality Practices: Test automation architecture, contributing to performance testing, contributing to security testing
• Soft Skills: Strong communication, mentoring, agile methodologies

Testing Frameworks: Cypress (UI, Component, API testing)

API Technologies: GraphQL (3+ years), REST (3+ years)

Frontend: Experience testing applications built with frameworks like React

Testing Types: Automated testing (75%), Manual testing (25%)

CI/CD: Experience with automated testing pipelines, preferably Github Actions

Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, Atlassian suite

Quality Practices: Test automation architecture, contributing to performance testing, contributing to security testing

Soft Skills: Strong communication, mentoring, agile methodologies

Qualities:

• A dedication to keeping thingssimpleandpragmatic.
• Attitude ofshared ownershipof the system, frequent integration. Collaborates proactively, in service of the shared highest priority.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills:Proven ability to build strong relationships with technical and non-technical members of the team to solve challenging technical and business problems.
• Relentlessly Resourceful (http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html):highly proactive, does not quit, and finds innovative solutions with little guidance. Bias for action and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy.
• Passion for Men’s Health & Development: interest in helping men develop a healthy masculinity. Demonstrates personal dedication and interest in healthoptimization(e.g. diet, exercise, sleep, focus, and relationships).

simple pragmatic

shared ownership

Strong communication and teamwork skills:

Relentlessly Resourceful ( ):

Passion for Men’s Health & Development

Benefits:

• Opportunity to have strong ownership and create huge impact
• Flexible vacation/time-off policies
• Liquidity of options whenever available
• Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Opportunity to have strong ownership and create huge impact

Flexible vacation/time-off policies

Liquidity of options whenever available

Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer, which not only includes standard protected categories, but the additional freedom from discrimination against your free speech and beliefs, as long as they are aligned with company values. We celebrate intellectual diversity.

Compensation Range: $70K - $130K