QA Automation Engineer

Velvetech is an American global software development company headquartered in Miami, FL, and with an office in Chicago, IL. Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients. As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois, USA.

US clients are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions. We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies: NET Core, Node.js, Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ. For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java. Most of the systems are designed for cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, GCP, and heavily rely on Docker, Kubernetes while modern CI/CD is made using GitLab CI or TeamCity. In September 2021, Velvetech LLC received the status of the official Training Provider of the International Institute of Business Analysis. This status gives us the right to conduct regular quality trainings for Business Analysts and anyone performing BA activities regardless their job title.

Principles are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban. Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack. Velvetech constantly follows the Tech trends and actively cooperates with startups in such breakthrough areas as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, FPGA, and AI.

We have one ticket for this race, working for us fully remotely from the coziness of your home with many benefits, and a competitive performance-based salary. We’re currently seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to support the project as a hands-on, reliable, and highly collaborative outstaff resource who can take ownership of UI and API test automation, contribute to test design and test infrastructure, and work closely with QA Manual, developers, and client-side stakeholders in a transparent and professional manner. The ideal candidate is strong in modern automation tooling for web applications, comfortable with building and maintaining robust automated test suites, troubleshooting flaky tests, supporting CI/CD execution, and documenting progress clearly through tickets, worklogs, and regular team synchronization. Beyond technical capability, this role requires strong communication, predictable availability, proactive status reporting, and the ability to work as part of a shared delivery team rather than as an isolated contributor. This role will work within the Agile framework of continuous delivery.

• Develop automated test cases using
• Testing the frontend, database, and API of the application
• Implement and document best practices for test automation and assist the development teams in improving code quality
• Ability to translate product requirements into test plans and test cases for test execution. Prioritizing what needs to be automated
• Participate in scrum meetings and estimating efforts with English-speaking team members
• Work closely with product managers and the engineering team to release high-quality applications

Requirements

• Experience in Katalon Studio and Postman – nice to have skill
• Experience in both: manual and automation testing
• Expertise in test automation tools such as Playwright
• Experience in testing all three layers of the application – frontend, database, and API
• Experience in using the Python language
• Experience in using the Project Management tool – JIRA
• Experience using a version control system (GitHub, Bitbucket…)
• Experience in Agile project methodologies (Kanban or Scrum)
• Good English knowledge – reading, writing, speaking
• Ability to create test plans, strategies and identify roadblocks during sprints
• Cross teams communication with engineering, product, and client success
• Proficiency in AI-driven QA tools for test case generation and analysis is required to support quality assurance processes
• Candidates should have strong prompt engineering skills to optimize AI-driven testing outputs effectively
• Understanding of AI tool boundaries and the ability to apply sound judgment and critical thinking in QA activities
• Utilize AI to debug, refine quality assurance processes, and improve documentation for enhanced reliability and productivity

Benefits

• Velvetech is in the TOP 5 development companies in Illinois, USA
• You have FLEXIBLE working conditions and a COOPERATIVE environment
• Competitive salary
• Many CHALLENGING and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning
• GROWTH opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification
• In-company TRAINING (English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)

What we offer

Future projects as highly loaded SaaS web-based services for automating business processes in the field of medicine, insurance, finance, energy, including modules for processing large data arrays, billing subsystems, integration with external data sources, mobile applications, and IP telephony systems.