QA Automation Engineer II

Global Tax Network•Maple Grove, MN

17h•Remote

About The Position

Build confidence in every release through reliable, code-driven test automation. At Global Tax Network (GTN), you’ll own and evolve our end-to-end (E2E) testing strategy - writing and maintaining Playwright automated tests, partnering closely with engineers and product stakeholders, and helping formalize our QA process (test planning, coverage standards, and release readiness) across modern, cloud-native products on a distributed services architecture.

Requirements

5+ years of QA / test engineering experience with significant focus on automation for web applications
Proven ability to build end-to-end test coverage aligned to business-critical workflows and to balance UI/API testing approaches
Strong test planning and documentation skills: can create test strategies/plans, define suites (smoke/regression), and communicate coverage and risk
Comfortable in code reviews and debugging with engineers; can diagnose test failures, reduce flakiness, and improve testability of the product
Use modern tooling (including GitHub Copilot) responsibly to move faster without sacrificing quality
Experience running automation in CI/CD (parallelization, reporting, artifacts) and defining actionable pass/fail criteria for releases
Demonstrated ability to formalize QA processes: standards, templates, and repeatable workflows that raise quality across teams
Strong defect triage and prioritization skills; clear written communication with engineers and stakeholders
Able to work independently in a remote environment: prioritizes effectively, communicates progress, and escalates quality risks early
Hands-on experience with test data and environment needs; understands how to keep automated suites stable and maintainable
Uses metrics to improve quality (coverage gaps, flaky tests, escaped defects) and drives continuous improvement in the automation suite
Partners with the team to define acceptance criteria, ensure testability, and confirm release readiness before deploying to production

Nice To Haves

Playwright expertise is preferred: able to code and maintain Playwright tests
Experience with C#/.NET and Angular
Ability to write front-end and back-end integration tests (TypeScript/JavaScript), page objects/fixtures, and stable selectors
Experience building automation frameworks/utilities (test helpers, reporting, fixtures) and mentoring others on test automation
Experience with API testing (e.g., REST) and/or contract testing in a services-oriented architecture
Performance, accessibility, or security testing experience; familiarity with monitoring/observability tools is a plus

Responsibilities

Design, code, and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Playwright to validate critical user workflows across web applications
Create and maintain test plans and risk-based test strategies for features/releases, including test coverage, environments, and data needs
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and help define quality gates (smoke/regression suites, pass/fail criteria, and reporting) to prevent escapes
Partner with product and engineering to ensure requirements are testable: clarify acceptance criteria, identify edge cases, and define validation approaches early
Perform exploratory and targeted manual testing when needed; log, triage, and verify defects with clear reproduction steps and impact analysis
Help formalize our testing process: define test case conventions, automation standards, documentation templates, and a repeatable release readiness checklist
Work with the team to improve test environments and test data practices so automated suites are stable, repeatable, and fast
Track and communicate quality metrics (coverage, flakiness, failure trends); drive continuous improvement and prioritize automation work based on risk and impact