Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Cloaked•New York, NY

54d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a QA Automation Engineer who can build and maintain automated test suites across Cloaked's web, mobile, and API products. You'll work hands-on daily to expand automation coverage, improve test reliability, and integrate quality checks into the development lifecycle. This role is ideal for someone who loves writing clean, maintainable test code and wants meaningful ownership in a growing automation practice.

Requirements

Solid experience in QA automation engineering, with hands-on work building and maintaining automated test suites
Proficiency with Playwright for web test automation
Experience with Appium for mobile test automation
Hands-on experience with Postman for API testing
Strong scripting/programming skills in languages commonly used in test automation (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java)
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into them (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI)
Understanding of software testing fundamentals including test design, test planning, and defect management
Ability to write clean, well-structured, and maintainable test code

Nice To Haves

Experience testing across both web and mobile platforms
Exposure to security, privacy, or identity products
Familiarity with performance or load testing tools (e.g., k6, Locust, JMeter)
Experience with visual regression testing
Background working in a startup or high-growth environment
Experience or familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code
Experience testing with Device Farms, either local or remote through services like BrowserStack

Responsibilities

Write, maintain, and expand automated test suites covering functional, regression, integration, and API testing
Build and improve test automation frameworks and utilities alongside other QA Engineers and the QA Manager
Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
Analyze test results, identify flaky tests, and improve overall test suite reliability, while still being truthful in the results
Collaborate with developers and product managers to understand features and identify automation opportunities
Contribute to automation standards, coding guidelines, and documentation
Test across web, mobile, and API layers with an eye toward consistent coverage
Participate in code reviews for test automation code and provide constructive feedback
Flag gaps in test coverage and propose solutions to improve quality signal