QA Engineer - Technical Investigation & Automation

RunBuggy OMI • Tempe, AZ

37d • $90,000 - $110,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Runbuggy is looking for a QA Engineer - Technical Investigation & Automation who digs in. This is not a checklist role; it is a seat for someone who reads error logs before asking questions, who gets curious about why a system fails, and who does not stop investigating until they understand the root cause. You will build and own the technical side of QA: Test architecture, planning, design, automation frameworks, API test suites, deep-dive investigations, and the infrastructure that makes testing reliable at scale. You are the person the team turns to when something breaks in a confusing way, and no one else knows where to start. This is a hybrid role based in Tempe, AZ.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of software testing experience with a strong emphasis on automation and technical investigation.
• Hands-on experience with at least one scripting or programming language (Python strongly preferred; JavaScript, Java, or Go also relevant).
• Solid understanding of REST APIs - you can read an API contract, construct requests, validate responses, and write tests that cover edge cases.
• Experience with a test automation framework - Robot Framework, Pytest, Mocha, or similar.
• Comfortable in a Linux/Unix environment; proficient at the command line.
• Ability to read and interpret application logs, stack traces, and HTTP traffic.
• Experience with a test management system (TestRail, Zephyr, Jira, or similar).
• You approach failures methodically - you form hypotheses, test them, and do not give up because the first thing you tried didn't work.
• Comfortable working across microservices - you understand that a test failure may involve tracing a request through several independent services before you find the actual problem.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines - building test stages, interpreting failures, and understanding where in the pipeline something breaks.
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts: async messaging, eventual consistency, service dependencies.
• You take ownership of hard problems and follow them through to resolution.
• You can explain a technical finding clearly to someone who wasn't in the weeds with you.
• You work well independently and don't need a lot of supervision to make progress.
• You are honest about what you don't know - and fast at learning it.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Robot Framework and the Requests Library or Selenium Library.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes - reading pod logs, navigating namespaces, understanding deployment environments.
• Experience with Elasticsearch - querying indexes, validating indexed data, or using log aggregation for test analysis.
• Exposure to vehicle logistics, fleet management, or marketplace-style platforms.
• Experience with performance or load testing tools (k6, JMeter, Locust, or similar).
• Familiarity with Camunda, ActiveMQ, or other workflow/messaging systems.

Responsibilities

• Test planning, design, build, and maintain automated test suites covering API, integration, and end-to-end workflows.
• Investigate complex defects and system failures - trace execution paths, read logs, analyze API behavior, and identify root causes.
• Develop and maintain API-level tests using Robot Framework + Requests Library against live and staging environments.
• Evaluate and evolve the automation architecture as the platform scales.
• Write scripts and tooling to support test data management, environment setup, and coverage analysis.
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate test scaffolding, API contract analysis, and gap identification - you bring the depth; the tools bring the leverage.
• Serve as the technical resource in QA triage - the person who can get to an answer quickly when something breaks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Highly competitive medical, dental, vision, Life w/ AD&D, Short-Term Disability insurance, Long-Term Disability insurance, pet insurance, identity theft protection, and a 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee wellness program.
• Employee rewards, discounts, and recognition programs.
• Generous company-paid holidays (12 per year), vacation, and sick time.
• Paid paternity/maternity leave.
• Monthly connectivity/home office stipend if working from home 5 days a week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed