Contractor: Senior Quality Engineer @Newsela

Overview

Newsela is on a mission to deliver meaningful classroom learning for every student. The Senior Quality Engineer role involves ensuring high-quality software through reliable testing of complex front-end applications powered by cloud-based back-end services, internal LLMs, and third-party AI tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and execute automated test frameworks and regression suites across UI, API, and service layers.
• Test and validate internally built LLMs and external AI tools.
• Own test planning, execution, and release support from story validation to production deployment.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine requirements into clear, testable acceptance criteria.
• Serve as the team's quality advocate, conducting code reviews and mentoring mid-level quality engineers.
• Establish best practices for defect tracking and communication using AI tooling for issue detection and resolution.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software testing experience within an Agile Scrum environment.
• 5+ years of experience building test frameworks with TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python, including hands-on experience with WebdriverIO or Playwright.
• Demonstrated capability across manual, regression, integration, and API testing.
• Understanding of Git branching strategies and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of daily workflow.
• Excellent communication skills and active engagement in scrum ceremonies.
• Background in EdTech, SaaS/B2B software, or e-learning platforms.
• Experience with Playwright, WebdriverIO, or Selenium, and test management tools like Jira.

Benefits

Details about benefits were not provided in the listing.

Location

Remote - Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Costa Rica

How to Apply

Apply directly through the company's career page or provided application link.

Deadline

No deadline stated.