LATAM Senior QA Automation Engineer

LATAM Senior QA Automation Engineer Praxent
• Denton, TX, United States

Remote - International

We get it. You have options. Let us tell you why we re different. Our work is changing the world of financial services. Everyday, clients arrive with big ideas for their industry. They re experts in their field with the vision and resources you need to change everything. All that s left is the right team to bring that vision to life.

If you re a fast learner and you love working on a wide variety of projects, you re going to like it here. We help our clients modernize, rather than rebuild, outdated customer-facing software applications. Our clients see a return within weeks instead of months and that s why they choose us.

At Praxent, we let you do your work your way. We re a team of 130+ located throughout the United States and Central/South America. Our role is to encourage you, support you, and give you the freedom you need to thrive. Whether you re working at home, in a coffee shop, or heck, even on your travels, we re here to create an environment that lets you live your best life.

On your terms.

We trust our people to be their best. It s a level of autonomy and respect that s helped us grow a diverse and brilliant team of experts. Experts who also happen to be some of the best colleagues you ve ever worked alongside.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. "Remote" employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Team members may live in the following locations:
El Salvador or Colombia.

This opportunity is part of our 2026 project pipeline, meaning we re proactively connecting with talented professionals for upcoming roles rather than an immediate opening.

Your Mission:
Enhance the team s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint.

• Cultivate Camaraderie:
  Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout the project team and that these values are reflected within the QA assurance team and department.
• Increase Velocity:
  Perform automated testing and API testing for complex applications and scenarios; locate and document edge cases by understanding the depth and intricacies of a project; assess possible risks and propose modifications to the acceptance criteria.
• Expand Frameworks:
  Demonstrate proficiency at automation, API testing, or accessibility testing principles and solutions.
• Increase Velocity:
  Enhance the team s capacity by documenting plans to anticipated risks/blockers, advancing best practices, and mentoring peers and more junior team members.
• Guide Development:
  Serve as a technical SME in the sprint, ensuring successful delivery of the sprint commitment by prioritizing testing efforts, enhancing acceptance criteria, etc.
• Evaluate
  
  Skills:
  
  Conduct recruiting interviews and analyze candidates to ensure successful hiring/contracting.
• Demonstrate Expertise:
  Present robust testing plans, metrics, and other valuable insight and direction during sprint review meetings; propose solutions and improvements to clients that improve our ability to deliver value.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Key Activities:
  
  Ensuring the team understands acceptance criteria, tracking daily progress, limit team s QA kickback, deliver stories as assigned, find opportunities to increase capacity and velocity.
• How a Current Praxenter Describes
  
  The Role:
  
  "I spend a lot of the sprint planning and delegating technical work for other devs, anticipating how to deliver as much value for the client via efficiency and tech debt prevention. This has the added benefit of allow assigned devs to grow technically while also reducing as many unknowns as possible in the cone of uncertainty. It s my job to keep in sync with delivery leads on priorities, team allocation, risks, etc, as well as act as the technical interface for the client to help guide them without overloading them with technical jargon."

Your

Qualifications:

• Technical Proficiency: demonstrable proficiency with desired technologies and tools
  • Deep expertise in developing and maintaining end-to-end test frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, and/or Selenium (Type Script, JavaScript, Java, Python) for web applications and Appium (Java/Python) for mobile (iOS and Android) testing.
  • Strong proficiency in CI/CD integration of automated tests using tools such as Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure Dev Ops, including parallel execution, test reporting, and environment management.
  • Testing up a test automation framework from scratch
• Practical
  
  Experience:
  
  5-8 years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including ongoing adherence of best practices, leading and executing automated testing for web and mobile applications, and leveraging industry-standard tools to ensure optimal product quality across all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Client Leadership:
  Experience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating…