About You

You are a Senior QA Automation Engineer passionate about building scalable automation frameworks and driving quality across web, mobile, and API solutions. You enjoy leading automation initiatives, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software.

You thrive in Agile environments where technical leadership, continuous improvement, and automation excellence are essential. You are proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright.
• Strong experience automating mobile applications using WebDriverIO.
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript programming skills.
• Experience automating REST APIs.
• Experience testing authentication flows, including OAuth, JWT, and token management.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Git and working within Agile development environments.
• Proven experience leading QA automation initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Experience with mobile banking applications is highly desirable.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency or higher.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain API automation using Playwright.
• Build and maintain mobile automation frameworks using WebDriverIO.
• Develop scalable automation solutions using JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Validate REST APIs, authentication flows, and token management processes.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to improve software quality and delivery.
• Lead QA automation initiatives and promote automation best practices across engineering teams.
• Mentor QA engineers and contribute to the continuous improvement of automation frameworks and testing processes.
• Collaborate closely with developers, Product teams, and stakeholders to ensure high-quality software delivery.

• 5+ years of QA Automation experience.
• Strong experience with Playwright, WebDriverIO, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with REST API Automation and CI/CD integration.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency.

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.