QA Automation Engineer

About the Company

Our mission is to help customers save time and money when purchasing commercial kitchen equipment and supplies by providing a customer-centric shopping experience and through leveraging our industry buying power.

About the Role

We are currently seeking a QA Automation Engineer who possesses the capability to design effective test coverage for RS Brain, our backend-centric system that automates essential workflows for RestaurantSupply.com's three Shopify stores. This position is particularly suited for an individual who can validate both user-facing functionality and backend accuracy through APIs, logs, databases, queues, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Design clear and maintainable test plans and regression suites.
• Develop automated tests utilizing Playwright or comparable frameworks.
• Conduct testing on APIs, backend workflows, asynchronous jobs, integrations, and frontend processes.
• Validate correctness through UI checks, API responses, logs, database records, and command-line tools.
• Identify edge cases, race conditions, data inconsistencies, and performance-related risks.
• Collaborate with engineers to define acceptance criteria and enhance testability.
• Employ AI tools to assist in generating test scenarios, automating repetitive QA tasks, and analyzing failures.
• Report bugs with precision, including reproduction steps, expected behavior, actual behavior, and supporting evidence.

Required Skills

• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar automation tools.
• Proficient in writing structured test cases and regression plans.
• Experience in testing APIs and backend systems.
• Familiarity with logs, databases, command-line tools, and asynchronous/background workflows.
• Basic scripting skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, PHP, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail.
• Experience utilizing AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
• Excellent written communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Playwright using TypeScript.
• Background in backend integration testing.