US-based product company is looking for a senior SDET to build and own test automation for a connected-home SaaS platform. Remote · Full-time B2B. Please apply only if you have all three: * Built a test automation framework/process from scratch for a production web application * Fluent English for async work with a US-based engineering team * Hands-on use of AI tools in your QA / engineering workflow
What you’ll do * Own and evolve the E2E automation layer in Playwright + TypeScript * Define what should be automated, what requires manual QA, and what is not worth testing * Strengthen API / backend testing and CI reliability * Reduce flaky tests and improve test signal * Perform exploratory testing on high-risk areas: payments, integrations, real-time sync * Turn production incidents into regression coverage * Work directly with the Head of Engineering and a small senior team
First 90 days * Weeks 1–4: mostly manual/exploratory testing to learn the product and identify risks * Weeks 5–12: build automation around the highest-risk flows * Afterwards: roughly 70% automation / 30% exploratory & release testing
Requirements * 5+ years in QA, including 3+ years in automation * Proven experience building or substantially designing automation from scratch * Strong TypeScript / JavaScript * Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar * Strong API/backend testing experience * Practical approach to flaky tests beyond retries * High ownership and ability to work independently * Fluent written and spoken English * Active use of AI tools such as Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Gemini, Playwright MCP, or similar * 3–4 hours overlap with US Eastern Time
Stack TypeScript, Playwright, React, GraphQL, Node.js, AWS, Postgres, WebSockets, GitHub Actions, Nx, Claude Code. What we offer * Remote, full-time B2B * Flexible time off * Small senior product team * Direct access to engineering leadership * High autonomy and ownership * Opportunity to build the quality engineering function, not just maintain an existing suite
