Ryz LabsQA Automation Engineer
Remote position within Argentina or Uruguay
RYZ is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join one of our clients in e-commerce. As a QA Automation Engineer, you will be a key member of the QA team, helping to reduce manual work through automated testing. Your job will involve writing tests, improving the automation framework, and developing scripts for preparing and clearing test data.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in automation testing of web applications (UI + API).
- Strong knowledge of TypeScript, Playwright, Cypress, etc.
- Hands-on knowledge with API testing frameworks like Postman, REST Assured.
- Experience in cross-browser testing using tools such as BrowserStack.
- Familiarity with Allure TestOps or similar test management tools.
- Solid understanding of QA automation & CICD best practices.
- Experience in mobile application automation testing.
- Hands-on knowledge of software development and QA life cycle (test planning, test case design, execution, defect tracking, and reporting).
Nice to have:
- Experience with GPTs and AI-powered automation tools.
- Background in e-commerce application testing.
- Familiarity with performance testing tools.
- Experience in preparing complex test data configurations and writing auxiliary services to support test automation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building and improving the test framework – We already use Playwright and TypeScript, and as our test suite grows, we aim to enhance and optimize it to ensure efficiency and scalability. Your role will focus on improving test execution speed and maintaining a well-structured framework.
- Writing automated tests – Work closely with colleagues to gather requirements, even if they are not fully defined, and develop reliable automation scripts.
- Performing occasional manual testing – While automation is our main focus, some manual testing will still be required, particularly in areas not yet covered by automated tests. Your work on automation will directly reduce the need for manual testing over time.
- Code review and ownership – Review automation code written by other QA team members (both manual and automation engineers), provide feedback, share best practices, and maintain the automation test repository.
- Troubleshooting and stabilization – Investigate failed tests, optimize scripts, and create tasks for fixes or improvements.
- Automation as a service – Work closely with manual QA specialists across multiple products, who will request automated tests.
- Setting up CI/CD – Collaborate with developers and DevOps to configure automated test execution after deployment to the test environment.
About RYZ Labs:
RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.
Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.
At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion, and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.
Our values and what to expect:
- Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer.
- Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated.
- Ownership - step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility.
- Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone who interacts with RYZ with respect.
- Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less.
- Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way.
- Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, and our expectations. The status quo is not good enough and never should be.