Upgrade Inc.
Senior QA Automation Engineer (Platform)
United States (Remote) · Senior
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About the role
- Our QA-Core team exists so every engineering team at Upgrade can test their software quickly and trust the result.
- This is a fully remote position open to candidates who are based in the US.
- Java, Python, Kubernetes, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, TestNG, Maven, Git, Jenkins, ArgoCD, SQL, Grafana, SumoLogic, Docker, Gatling, Claude Code, MCP server
Responsibilities
- Design and own automation framework for functional and performance testing.
- Build agents to automate existing QA/testing workflows and remove engineering friction.
- Build the applications and services that automation depends on, deploy them, and operate them in production environments.
- Take prototypes all the way. Build demos in a timely manner, gather feedback from the teams who'd use it, and iterate through successive versions until it's hardened, monitored, and running with matured quality.
- 5-7+ years building production software, with demonstrated depth across test infrastructure, test frameworks, and developer tooling, and working knowledge of platform engineering.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with micro-services, Kubernetes and managing deployment lifecycle
- Ability to take an ambiguous problem statement to a scoped, defensible solution independently.
Skills
- Our Core Technologies Include:
- Identify gap areas in existing frameworks and tools, and iterate toward solutions that close them.
Compensation
- Competitive salary and stock option plan
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock option plan
- Paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Health & wellness initiatives
Company info
- Proven track record building agentic solutions and test automation frameworks from the ground up - designed, shipped, iterated on, and adopted as part of how other engineers work.
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