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Senior Quality Engineer

Upshop
Location
Austin, Texas, United States, Miami, Florida, United States, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Remote
Posted
9 days ago
Department
Quality Assurance
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 7–8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering (QE) or as an SDET
  • Hands-on experience with Cypress, WebDriverIO, Karate; strong JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js frameworks
  • Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks and core testing practices
  • Practical use of AI coding agents, with prompt engineering and retrieval-backed (RAG) workflows
  • Shift-left mindset: early testability, requirement-traced automation, human accountability for AI-assisted quality
  • Proactive, quality-advocate posture: owns outcomes, challenges weak defaults
Nice to have
  • CI/CD integration of automated tests; performance/load tools
  • Spec-driven or agentic workflows evaluating quality of RAG or conversational AI features.
What the job really is

The Senior Quality Engineer at Upshop will focus on ensuring quality, reliability, and performance through automation and AI. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining end-to-end and API tests, advocating for quality in planning and design, and adapting to a fast-paced engineering culture. The role emphasizes a proactive approach to quality and requires collaboration across teams to drive defect resolution and maintain trustworthy pipelines.

Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Emphasis on AI and automation may imply a need for continuous learning in these areas
  • Fast-paced environment may require flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities.
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