About the Position

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join Newfire, a company that partners with leading global firms to drive engineering transformations. This role involves working with a luxury retail company undergoing a significant technology shift across their digital ecosystem. The goal is to modernize the platform and reduce release cycles from several months to about one month.

Faster, high-confidence testing is central to this effort. The project is AI-native, utilizing tools like Claude Code and CodeRabbit, with AI-assisted testing as a core mechanism to maximize test coverage efficiently.

Responsibilities

Design, extend, and maintain test frameworks, harnesses, and reusable patterns adopted across engineering pods
Expand the shared E2E test suite covering critical shopping journeys while ensuring high reliability in CI pipelines
Perform target regression testing prior to production deployments
Pair directly with software engineers to elevate their unit and integration testing practices
Leverage AI tools to accelerate test authoring, edge-case coverage, and suite maintenance
Triage pipeline failures, isolate flaky tests, and ensure suite execution remains trusted
Manage test data generation and test environments for owned suites
Document testing patterns, standard practices, and feature specifications as they are established
Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to pull request reviews for test code

Requirements

4+ years of professional test automation experience
Hands-on project experience with both Cypress and Playwright (current suite uses Cypress; a migration to Playwright is under evaluation)
Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript
Proven experience in API test automation
Proven track record of building or significantly extending test frameworks and suites from the ground up
Strong alignment with an enablement mindset, equipping engineers to own quality
Sharp exploratory instincts and comfort defining expected behavior in low-documentation environments
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted test generation and suite maintenance
Strong grasp of the test pyramid and proper positioning of E2E testing
Familiarity with Git-based workflows and CI pipelines
Upper-Intermediate to Advanced English (written and spoken)
Ability to work with significant US Eastern Time overlap (LATAM / EMEA locations)

Nice to Have

Experience with Java test tooling (JUnit, REST-assured)
E-commerce domain expertise (checkout, payment processing, user account journeys)
Experience managing CI-integrated test suites and resolving test flakiness
Exposure to performance, load, or accessibility testing

We Offer

Fully remote position
Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project in the luxury retail industry
Collaborative and innovative work environment

About the Company

Newfire partners with leading global companies to drive long-term engineering transformations. We focus on enabling teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently through innovative tools and practices.

Ready to Dive In?

Denise Mecca Recruiter

America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires

[email protected]

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Stage 3: Interview

Stage 4: Review

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