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About this role

With Writer, you'll be working closely with the product and the engineering team to ship a product that tens of thousands of people rely on every day.

As a QA automation engineer, you’ll be working on key parts of the QA process and defining key quality KPIs and metrics for the product. You'll drive testing efforts and lead our automation strategies, and we'll look to you for leadership on maintaining the highest bar of quality possible for all releases.

This role reports to the Head of QA Engineering.

Your responsibilities

Work closely with development teams to create automation strategies and deployment processes.

Integrate automation testing protocols with existing code and engineering processes.

Design, develop, maintain and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end tests

Perform automated and manual testing efforts for Writer and our extensions / integrations

Maintain and improve automation frameworks

Proficient in troubleshooting, QA process, quality management tools, and methodologies;

Conduct operational and performance tests to confirm that the environment meets functional requirements, user expectations, and performance specifications.

Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.

Ability to take initiative on assigned projects / tasks.

Is this you?

4+ years of QA engineering experience

2 years automated testing experience :

Experienced in building code-based automation frameworks

Experience with test automation / hands-on coding using Selenium and Java, or Cypress and JavaScript.

Experience with UI automation frameworks

Professional SaaS experience (b2b); specifically working on customer and user-facing test experience

Hands-on experience crafting test strategies, test plans, and test cases

Efficient in effort estimation, planning, prioritization and time management

Proactive communication skills, both sync and async

Flexible and positive

Ability to work autonomously with minimal direction

Bonus if you have :

Experience with Playwright automation

API testing experience

Experience with Chrome extension automation

Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)

Generous PTO, plus company holidays

Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family

Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)

Fertility and family planning support

Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri

Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options

Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution

Annual work-life stipends for :

Home office setup, cell phone, internet

Wellness stipend for gym, massage / chiropractor, personal training, etc.

Learning and development stipend

Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites

Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

Writer is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. Under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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