Senior QA Engineer with Automation

# Senior QA Engineer with Automation > Alex Staff Agency · Moldova (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-08-04 **Workplace:** remote ## Description **About the company** A well-established US education-technology company with a global presence, providing digital learning content and platforms to a large user base for over two decades. Distributed, international team working on products used by millions of active users worldwide. **About the role** Senior QA Engineer with Automation needed to join the Engineering team. This is a QA role with a meaningful automation component: the focus is on strong testing fundamentals, solid software design foundations, and identifying where automation adds real value, rather than a pure automation-first approach. The role involves testing complex integrated web applications across both UI and API layers. Initially, most of the work will be manual QA; in the mid term, the expected split is roughly 70/30 automation-to-manual. **Responsibilities** - UI and API testing of complex integrated web applications - Developing and refining test plans - Writing and maintaining automated tests, primarily using Cypress - Close collaboration with developers in an Agile environment - Tracking and managing test cases using JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry - Identifying areas where manual testing processes can be automated for reliability and maintainability ## Requirements - 4+ years of experience as a Manual QA, at a senior level - Some hands-on experience with QA automation: writing or maintaining automated tests for UI or API scenarios - An automation-oriented mindset: comfort with programming concepts and logical problem-solving - Understanding of HTTP, HTML, AJAX, JSON, REST APIs, and client-server architecture - Basic knowledge of SQL - Strong written and spoken English (interviews are conducted in English) - Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian **Nice to Have** - Hands-on experience with Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium - Understanding of CI/CD systems - Experience with Agile methodology - Experience with JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry - Basic knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu command line) - Basic Git knowledge ## Benefits **Compensation:** Up to $4,500 gross/month **What's Offered** - Stable, long-term position with a well-established American company (many team members have 5+ years of tenure) - Competitive compensation - Friendly and supportive team culture - Good vacation policy **Contract type:** Independent contractor (sole proprietor / IP), incubator arrangements are not accepted. ## Apply [Apply at Alex Staff Agency](https://apply.workable.com/alex-staff-agency-careers/j/5E85284225/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)