Senior QA Automation Engineer

Dispel · United States · $90k – $120k · posted today ago

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About this role

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team and help ensure the reliability, security, and overall quality of our cybersecurity products. You will play a key role in defining, leading, and scaling quality assurance across our platform, with a strong emphasis on test automation.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role. You will lead our web application test automation efforts, designing and evolving automated testing solutions with Playwright and JavaScript, and integrating automated testing throughout the software development lifecycle. You will also mentor junior QA and automation engineers and influence engineering practices across teams.

Requirements

QA Strategy & Leadership

Lead the design and execution of QA strategies, frameworks, and automated test plans across multiple products
Identify high-value opportunities for automation and help define the team's automation strategy and roadmap
Participate in requirements and design reviews to identify quality risks and testability concerns early in the development lifecycle
Define meaningful quality metrics and provide visibility into automation coverage, reliability, and product quality
Continuously evaluate testing tools, techniques, and approaches, and drive improvement of QA processes aligned with engineering goals

Test Automation & Infrastructure

Lead the design, development, and ongoing improvement of our automated testing framework using Playwright and JavaScript
Develop reliable, maintainable, and reusable automated tests for browser-based cybersecurity applications, with coverage across backend, frontend, and infrastructure components
Establish and promote automation architecture, coding standards, design patterns, and testing best practices
Own and enhance CI/CD-integrated testing infrastructure, including quality gates and feedback mechanisms, for consistent validation across environments
Review existing automation and improve its reliability, maintainability, execution speed, and coverage
Diagnose and resolve flaky tests, automation failures, and complex application or environment issues
Analyze test results to distinguish product defects from automation, environment, and test-data issues
Contribute to our growing suite of automated security checks (e.g., SAST/DAST and dependency scanning) in CI/CD pipelines

Team Enablement & Collaboration

Mentor junior QA and automation engineers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance
Partner with software engineers, product managers, security teams, and QA engineers to develop effective test strategies for new features and releases
Advocate for quality engineering practices and help shift testing earlier in the development lifecycle
Promote a culture of quality and accountability

What You Bring

Required:

5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET), or a similar role
Strong experience designing and developing automated tests for modern web applications
Hands-on experience with Playwright, preferably using JavaScript or TypeScript, with emphasis on designing scalable automation frameworks rather than solely creating individual test cases (experience with Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or similar is a plus)
Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and negative testing
Strong experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and source-control workflows
Experience testing complex applications involving role-based access controls, permissions, multi-tenant environments, or security policies
Experience mentoring junior engineers and providing constructive technical feedback through code reviews
Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally

Preferred:

Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, or similar technologies
Experience in security-critical, high-availability, or infrastructure-heavy systems
Familiarity with API security, authentication flows, and data protection practices
Experience leading QA initiatives in Agile environments
Familiarity with security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST)

What Success Looks Like:

Success means moving beyond simply increasing the number of automated tests. You will build an automation ecosystem that engineers trust: tests that are reliable, maintainable, appropriately scoped, and give rapid feedback when something goes wrong. You will become a technical leader within the QA organization, helping decide what to automate, how to automate it, and how automation fits into the broader development process, while growing the engineers around you.

You as a Person

Knowledge: Deep expertise in QA automation and CI/CD workflows
Skill: Builds scalable testing systems and mentors others in quality practices
Ability: Influences teams and drives improvements in product quality

You in the Role

Autonomy: Owns and evolves QA and test automation across multiple products
Complexity: Solves complex quality challenges across the full stack
Impact: Ensures consistent, high-quality product releases

Extra Credit

QA certifications such as ISTQB, or security certifications such as OSCP, CEH, or CSSLP
Experience with SaaS platforms or networking-intensive solutions
Hands-on experience with cloud security and compliance (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Benefits

Why Dispel/Benefits

At Dispel you’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.