Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Cloaked is a privacy startup dedicated to rebuilding consumer trust in how personal data is used. They are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to build and maintain automated test suites across their web, mobile, and API products, focusing on improving test reliability and integrating quality checks into the development lifecycle. Responsibilities: Write, maintain, and expand automated test suites covering functional, regression, integration, and API testing; Build and improve test automation frameworks and utilities alongside other QA Engineers and the QA Manager; Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery; Analyze test results, identify flaky tests, and improve overall test suite reliability, while still being truthful in the results; Collaborate with developers and product managers to understand features and identify automation opportunities; Contribute to automation standards, coding guidelines, and documentation; Test across web, mobile, and API layers with an eye toward consistent coverage; Participate in code reviews for test automation code and provide constructive feedback; Flag gaps in test coverage and propose solutions to improve quality signal Qualifications: Solid experience in QA automation engineering, with hands-on work building and maintaining automated test suites; Proficiency with Playwright for web test automation; Experience with Appium for mobile test automation; Hands-on experience with Postman for API testing; Strong scripting/programming skills in languages commonly used in test automation (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java); Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into them (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI); Understanding of software testing fundamentals including test design, test planning, and defect management; Ability to write clean, well-structured, and maintainable test code Required Skills: QA automation engineering, Playwright, Appium, Postman, CI/CD pipelines, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Test design, Test planning, Defect management, Clean test code