QA Automation Engineer II

Position: QA Automation Engineer II

Build confidence in every release through reliable code-driven test automation. At Global Tax Network (GTN) youll own and evolve our end-to-end (E2E) testing strategy - writing and maintaining Playwright automated tests partnering closely with engineers and product stakeholders and helping formalize our QA process (test planning coverage standards and release readiness) across modern cloud-native products on a distributed services architecture.

Why people like GTN:

• Fully remote within the continental US (work from home full-time)
• Flexible schedule focused on outcomes
• Summer 4x10s program (four 10-hour days)
• 25 days of PTO plus paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match competitive medical/dental/vision
• Spot bonus opportunity based on company and individual performance

Who is GTN Were a mobility tax services firm and our engineering team builds the internal and client-facing platform that powers it. This is product/platform engineering (not staff augmentation) with stable priorities and long-term ownership.

We build a modular platform for internal teams and clients (portals workflow automation documents reporting integrations) plus carefully scoped AI for internal productivity. Services are independently deployable horizontally scalable and shipped frequently via PR-based CI/CD.

We run pragmatic Agile with a strong code-quality bar. Youll work in a small team (typically 34 developers) with high visibility and ownership from idea production. No on-call rotation for this role; support happens during normal business hours.

This role is fully remote within the continental US. We collaborate primarily during Central Time business hours with a few shared core hours for meetings. Our Maple Grove MN office is available for optional visits.

Leadership & engineering culture: engineer-led decisions with lightweight design discussions when needed pragmatic tech-debt management and protected focus time. Our Software Director is also an individual-contributor programmer.

What success looks like

• Learn the domain and platform quickly; become a trusted partner to product and engineering for release readiness and quality
• Deliver and maintain stable Playwright E2E automation with clear coverage goals reliable CI execution and fast feedback for pull requests/releases
• Establish a scalable QA practice: create test plans define standards (definition of done acceptance criteria/testability) improve defect triage and help formalize our overall testing process

What youll do

• Design code and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Playwright to validate critical user workflows across web applications
• Create and maintain test plans and risk-based test strategies for features/releases including test coverage environments and data needs
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and help define quality gates (smoke/regression suites pass/fail criteria and reporting) to prevent escapes
• Partner with product and engineering to ensure requirements are testable: clarify acceptance criteria identify edge cases and define validation approaches early
• Perform exploratory and targeted manual testing when needed; log triage and verify defects with clear reproduction steps and impact analysis
• Help formalize our testing process: define test case conventions automation standards documentation templates and a repeatable release readiness checklist
• Work with the team to improve test environments and test data practices so automated suites are stable repeatable and fast
• Track and communicate quality metrics (coverage flakiness failure trends); drive continuous improvement and prioritize automation work based on risk and impact

Tools & tech youll work with

• Playwright for end-to-end browser automation (TypeScript/JavaScript preferred)
• CI/CD pipelines and quality gates (running automated suites on pull requests and deployments)
• Work management in Azure DevOps (Boards pipelines dashboards) and collaboration in Microsoft 365
• Distributed services context (web apps APIs integrations) to support test strategy and reliable end-to-end coverage
• Test reporting and diagnostics (logs screenshots/videos traces) to reduce flakiness and speed up triage
• Performance and accessibility testing experience (a plus)

What were looking for

MUST HAVES

• 5 years of QA / test engineering experience with significant focus on automation for web applications
• Proven ability to build end-to-end test coverage aligned to business-critical workflows and to balance UI/API testing approaches
• Strong test planning and documentation skills: can create test strategies/plans define suites (smoke/regression) and communicate coverage and risk
• Comfortable in code reviews and debugging with engineers; can diagnose test failures reduce flakiness and improve testability of the product
• Use modern tooling (including GitHub Copilot) responsibly to move faster without sacrificing quality
• Experience running automation in CI/CD (parallelization reporting artifacts) and defining actionable pass/fail criteria for releases
• Demonstrated ability to formalize QA processes: standards templates and repeatable workflows that raise quality across teams
• Strong defect triage and prioritization skills; clear written communication with engineers and stakeholders
• Able to work independently in a remote environment: prioritizes effectively communicates progress and escalates quality risks early
• Hands-on experience with test data and environment needs; understands how to keep automated suites stable and maintainable
• Uses metrics to improve quality (coverage gaps flaky tests escaped defects) and drives continuous improvement in the automation suite
• Partners with the team to define acceptance criteria ensure testability and confirm release readiness before deploying to production

NICE-TO-HAVES

• Playwright expertise is preferred: able to code and maintain Playwright tests
• Experience with C#/.NET and Angular
• Ability to write front-end and back-end integration tests
• (TypeScript/JavaScript) page objects/fixtures and stable selectors
• Experience building automation frameworks/utilities (test helpers reporting fixtures) and mentoring others on test automation
• Experience with API testing (e.g. REST) and/or contract testing in a services-oriented architecture
• Performance accessibility or security testing experience; familiarity with monitoring/observability tools is a plus

If you like small teams clear ownership and modern cloud engineering lets talk.

Want an outside perspective You can also check out GTN reviews on Glassdoor.

Find out why you would love working at GTN by learning more about our company culture and the rewards of working with us at reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this position is $100000 - $120000. Actual compensation is determined by a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant experience qualifications certifications and licensures skills and geographic location.

GTN is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V