Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Cloud Web Platforms

TP-Link Systems • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

TP-Link Systems Inc. is seeking a Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join its Cloud Web Platforms Quality Engineering team. The role focuses on the quality of global websites, web applications, and AI-powered customer experiences used across many countries and languages. The engineer will contribute throughout the development lifecycle, from reviewing requirements and identifying risks through test design, automation, failure investigation, and release decisions.

The work spans product pages, content-management platforms, AI-powered search and support assistants, and the cloud services and APIs behind these experiences. The engineer will collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers, and senior quality engineers, moving between browser-based UI testing, backend API validation, and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in software quality engineering, with significant experience testing web applications.
• Solid understanding of software testing principles, test design techniques, and the software development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience testing web applications across browsers, devices, and screen sizes, using browser developer tools to inspect network requests, console errors, and page behavior.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated UI and API tests in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar frameworks.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs with tools such as Postman or code-based test frameworks, and validating data using SQL.
• Working knowledge of how websites are built and delivered, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP, redirects, caching, and content-management systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Jira or similar defect-tracking tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain quality risks and test results clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience owning quality for a web product, website migration, or CMS platform from planning through release.
• Experience testing SEO elements, structured data (Schema.org), analytics and tag implementations, or localized content across many locales.
• Experience testing AI or LLM-powered features such as chatbots, search, or recommendations, including approaches for evaluating non-deterministic output.
• Experience with web performance and accessibility testing tools such as Lighthouse, WebPageTest, or axe.
• Experience testing applications deployed on AWS or other public cloud platforms, or backend services built on microservices.
• Familiarity with visual regression testing tools such as Percy, Applitools, or Chromatic.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted testing solutions to improve testing efficiency and engineering productivity.
• Experience with networking products, smart home technologies, connected device ecosystems, or e-commerce websites.

Responsibilities

• Develop risk-based test strategies and execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing for websites, web applications, content-management systems, APIs, and supporting cloud services.
• Participate in requirements reviews and design discussions to clarify acceptance criteria, identify risks early, and improve product testability.
• Build and maintain automated UI and API tests using Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript and frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent tools.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate backend APIs, service integrations, database behavior, and data integrity using API tools, code-based test frameworks, and SQL.
• Investigate failures and isolate root causes using browser developer tools, network traces, application logs, system telemetry, and database queries.
• Perform release validation across browsers, devices, and screen sizes, including responsive UI, visual regression, functional, and end-to-end testing.
• Conduct web performance, load, and accessibility testing, monitoring metrics such as Core Web Vitals and ensuring compliance with WCAG guidelines.
• Produce clear test reports, defect analyses, and go/no-go risk assessments to support release decisions.
• Advocate for QA best practices, test-code quality, and continuous improvement, using AI-assisted tools where appropriate to improve engineering productivity.

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (partial coverage for dependents).
• Contributions to 401k funds.
• 15 days accrued vacation.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Bi-annual pay increases.
• Health and wellness benefits, including free gym membership.
• Quarterly team-building events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level