QA Engineer – Manual & Automation (Remote) – Apexon

Company: Apexon
Santa Clara, California | Full time |

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and execute manual functional and end-to-end test cases for web applications.
  • Build, enhance, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright, Cucumber, or similar tools.
  • Collaborate with developers and product teams to understand requirements and create effective test strategies.
  • Track defects, perform root cause analysis, and conduct regression testing.
  • Contribute to building a scalable automation framework to support continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
  • Ensure adequate test coverage, maintain test documentation, and promote testing best practices.

Required Qualifications / Skills

  • 6+ years of experience in manual and automation testing of web-based platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright and/or Cucumber (or similar tools like Selenium, Cypress, TestCafe).
  • Proficiency in writing automated test scripts and maintaining automation frameworks.
  • Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), and Agile methodologies.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience integrating test automation into continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
  • Familiarity with API testing (e.g., Postman, RestAssured).
  • Knowledge of performance or security testing concepts.

Timezone: America/Chicago
Posted: Sep 08, 2025