# Senior QA Engineer with Automation

> Alex Staff Agency · Portugal (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/A8780B89AD/apply)

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