QA Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated test suites across UI, API and integration layers
• Diagnose and eliminate test flakiness, treating suite reliability as a first-order objective
• Prioritise coverage expansion by production incident history and code churn rather than by module
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and optimise pipeline runtime
• Build and maintain test data management and environment provisioning for test execution
• Participate in client standups, sprint planning, refinement and retrospectives as an embedded team member
• Perform exploratory and manual testing where automation is not appropriate
• Investigate escaped production defects, identify the coverage gap and close it
• Contribute to progressive delivery infrastructure including feature flagging and canary release verification
• Author and maintain test documentation and runbooks to a standard the client team can operate independently
• Deliver against defined knowledge transfer milestones so the client retains capability
• Mentor junior engineers on the account
• Participate in code review for test code with the same rigour applied to production code

Requirements

• English at CEFR C1, assessed before offer. This role is client-facing and conducted primarily in English.
• Native or fluent Spanish
• Three or more years in software quality engineering with a substantial automation component
• Strong proficiency in at least one of: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java
• Hands-on experience with modern test frameworks: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, Pytest or equivalent
• Experience with API testing and tooling: Postman, REST Assured, supertest or equivalent
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins
• Comfort with Git and trunk-based or feature-branch workflows
• University degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Availability to work onsite in Medellín three days per week
• Valid Colombian ID or work permit

Preferred

• Experience with performance testing: k6, JMeter, Gatling
• Experience with contract testing: Pact or equivalent
• Cloud platform familiarity: AWS, Azure or GCP
• Containerisation: Docker, Kubernetes
• Observability tooling: Datadog, New Relic, Grafana
• ISTQB certification or equivalent
• Prior experience embedded in a distributed engineering team across time zones
• Colombian and Latin American diaspora engineers returning from the United States, Canada or Spain are strongly encouraged to apply

What we offer

• Direct employment with Corpshore Colombia under the Colombian Labour Code
• Full social security affiliation: health (EPS), pension and occupational risk (ARL)
• Statutory service bonus (prima de servicios)
• Severance and severance interest (cesantías e intereses) as required by law
• Transport allowance where required by law
• Paid annual leave under the Labour Code, with additional days for length of service
• Prepaid medicine or supplementary health plan from day one, with family cover options
• Paid initial training and continuous development throughout employment
• Sponsored professional certification for eligible roles (COPC, ITIL, Six Sigma, HDI, ICMI, technical and cloud certifications)
• Language development support, with a focus on progression from B2 to C1 in English
• Documented career path with internal promotion prioritised
• Dual-monitor workstation and ergonomic seating at onsite locations
• Onsite, hybrid and remote arrangements depending on the role
• Staff wellbeing programme, including on-site psychological support for accounts handling sensitive content
• Access to career opportunities across the global Corpshore network

How to apply

Apply directly on this page. Attach your CV in Spanish, English or both. If no current vacancy matches your profile, join our talent community and we will contact you when a suitable role opens. Applications are reviewed daily. Shortlisted candidates are contacted within five business days.

Equal opportunity and data protection

Corpshore Colombia is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to gender, age, origin, religion, disability, marital status or any other characteristic protected under Colombian law. Personal data provided during the selection process is handled in accordance with Law 1581 of 2012 and Decree 1377 of 2013. It is used solely for recruitment purposes and retained under our documented retention policy. You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, update and deletion by contacting info@corpshore.solutions. The supervisory authority is the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio.