QA Automation Engineer

About the role

Applaudo Studios, an AI-native company building AI-powered solutions, is hiring a QA Automation Engineer in Bogotá. The engineer builds reliable, maintainable test automation solutions while staying close to the product and its users, and balances automation development with functional testing as project priorities change. Availability is required from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM US Eastern Time.

Key responsibilities

• Perform exploratory testing to understand application functionality, user workflows and critical business scenarios before developing automation.
• Design, build and maintain scalable Playwright test suites using the Page Object Model and automation best practices.
• Develop automated regression and core workflow tests based on documented test cases and the team's automation strategy.
• Build reusable test components and handle test data management and flaky tests.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows and run functional, exploratory and regression testing for new features, bug fixes and changes.
• Identify coverage gaps and quality risks and share findings with QA leadership.
• Collaborate with developers and technical leads to clarify requirements, investigate defects and improve testability.
• Review automation code, use AI-assisted testing tools judiciously, and document testing activities and defects.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining automated test suites with Playwright, and setting up framework structures with reusable components.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript or a comparable language.
• Knowledge of test design principles such as the Page Object Model, stable selectors, flaky test management and test data strategies.
• Experience with functional, exploratory and regression testing of web applications, and with version control and code review via GitHub, Azure DevOps or similar.
• Strong analytical thinking, communication skills and English fluency.
• Nice to have: CI/CD integration (Azure Pipelines), Azure DevOps and Azure Test Plans, Playwright MCP, OOP, SQL/PostgreSQL, API testing, ISTQB CTFL, Agile/Scrum, remote work experience.