QA Engineer - Manual & Automation

Sonatafy Technology

4d•Remote

About The Position

Sonatafy Technology is seeking a proactive, detail-oriented QA Engineer with extensive manual testing and Playwright automation experience. The role is part of a collaborative engineering team focused on product quality through robust test automation and efficient QA practices. The position divides work approximately equally between manual testing and automation, and also contributes to social media reporting initiatives. The role is available to candidates in Latin America and is remote-first. The QA Engineer reviews requirements, user stories, and designs; creates and maintains test documentation; and performs functional, exploratory, regression, smoke, and UAT-support testing across web and mobile. They also design and maintain end-to-end and API automated tests using Playwright with TypeScript, integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines, and report quality metrics to the team and stakeholders. The engineer collaborates with Product and Development throughout Agile sprint ceremonies and release sign-off.

Requirements

At least 4 years of hands-on experience with Playwright using TypeScript.
Proficiency in Playwright Trace debugging.
Experience with BrowserStack Test Management.
Experience with BrowserStack Automate.
Proven ability to scope and implement automation requirements for new features.
Strong computer science fundamentals.
Experience setting up and maintaining Continuous Integration systems.
Skill in reporting, tracking, and triaging bugs, and solving complex technical problems.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with meticulous attention to detail.
Solid manual testing experience, including test case design, exploratory testing, regression testing, and smoke testing.
Strong knowledge of QA methodologies and test design techniques, including boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, and risk-based testing.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and with defect tracking tools such as Jira.
Hands-on API testing experience, both manual (Postman or similar) and automated (Playwright API testing).
Comfort with Git, code reviews, and pull request workflows.
Advanced written and spoken English.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with native mobile and web QA automation tools such as Appium or WDIO.
Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD.
Experience with GitHub Actions or other CI tools.
Basic SQL for data validation.
Exposure to accessibility testing (WCAG) and visual regression testing.
Familiarity with performance testing tools such as k6 or JMeter.
ISTQB or similar QA certification.

Responsibilities

Drive automated testing efforts across the platform, with work divided approximately 50% manual testing and 50% automation.
Contribute to social media reporting initiatives.
Conduct automation code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
Review requirements, user stories, and designs to identify gaps, edge cases, and testability concerns early in the sprint.
Write and maintain test plans, test cases, and checklists in BrowserStack Test Management.
Perform functional, exploratory, regression, smoke, and UAT-support testing across web and mobile.
Conduct cross-browser and cross-device testing, including responsive layouts and real-device checks.
Manually validate APIs and back-end behavior, for example with Postman, to support UI findings.
Reproduce, document, and triage defects with clear steps, evidence, severity, and priority.
Collaborate with Product and Development during sprint ceremonies to clarify acceptance criteria and sign off on releases.
Design, build, and maintain end-to-end and API automated tests using Playwright with TypeScript.
Use maintainable framework patterns, including Page Object Model, fixtures, reusable helpers, and test data management.
Identify manual test cases suitable for automation and convert stable, high-value scenarios into automated regression coverage.
Investigate and fix flaky tests using Playwright Trace Viewer, logs, screenshots, and video.
Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines with parallel execution and run cross-browser tests on BrowserStack Automate.
Report automation results and quality metrics, including coverage, pass rate, and defect trends, to the team and stakeholders.