Senior QA Engineer

Appfire

. Design, implement, and maintain automated UI, API, and integration tests with Playwright using JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python .

Posted 11/1/2026full-timeRemote • PolandSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining automated UI and API tests using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, while leveraging AI-assisted tools for test design and analysis. Proven ability to execute comprehensive testing strategies, including functional, regression, and critical-path testing, within CI/CD environments.

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Playwright Test AutomationJavaScript/TypeScript ProgrammingAPI Testing and IntegrationCI/CD Pipeline ManagementTest Data Management

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Hard Skills

Automated TestingTest DesignRegression TestingFunctional TestingTest Data ApproachesTest PyramidRisk-Based TestingSQL ValidationDebuggingMocking/Stubbing

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationCritical ReviewProblem-SolvingDocumentation

Tools & Technologies

PlaywrightGitHub ActionsBitbucketGitLab CIJenkinsDockerCursorGitHub CopilotJira

Industry Keywords

Quality AssuranceTest AutomationAgile MethodologyDefect LifecycleCI Stability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerGraphQLJavaScriptJenkinsPythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain automated UI, API, and integration tests with Playwright using JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python
Use AI-assisted tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot for test design, refactoring, and failure analysis while validating output and following data-handling guidelines
Plan and execute functional, regression, smoke, and critical-path testing
Validate testing against agreed acceptance criteria and flag quality risks early
Design and maintain test data approaches, including fixtures, isolation, and environments, for reliable CI automation suites
Contribute to test layering across API/component and full end-to-end coverage
Run and maintain automated suites in CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, GitLab CI, and Jenkins
Improve CI stability and reporting and triage failing builds
Participate in agile ceremonies with engineering and product
Document scenarios and defects for rapid resolution
Reduce flaky tests, improve test code structure, and apply test-pyramid and risk-based prioritization
Test REST and GraphQL APIs, validate contracts and payloads, and verify data with SQL or equivalent

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in QA with a strong focus on test automation as an individual contributor
Proven experience building and maintaining tests with Playwright (UI and API) and JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python
Daily, practical use of AI-assisted development for QA work and ability to critically review AI-generated tests
Solid API and integration testing experience, including authentication, mocking/stubbing, and debugging across services
Practical experience with test data and automation environments, including isolation, fixtures, and stability in parallel/CI runs
Hands-on CI/CD experience running automated tests in pipelines and working with Docker
Strong testing fundamentals: test pyramid, risk-based testing, agile, and defect lifecycle
Experience with Jira or similar
Excellent English, written and verbal, for distributed collaboration
Experience raising quality on long-lived, evolving products, not only greenfield work

Benefits

Comp & perks

Contract of Employment (indefinite)
Company equity eligibility
26 paid vacation days annually
Wellness Days: 1 day per month, non-transferable
24 hours of paid volunteer time
Fully covered Luxmed private healthcare plan
Optional healthcare coverage extensions and upgrades for partner
Life insurance provided by UNUM and fully paid by Appfire
MyBenefit Platform: 150 PLN per month for a Multisport card or shopping, restaurants, and entertainment
Home Office Allowance: 200 PLN net per month for electricity and internet costs while working remotely
Lunch Card: 300 PLN monthly for groceries or dining out via a virtual pre-paid Pluxee card