Software Engineer in Test (LATAM Only)

Contract :  International contractor —  $25 / hour

Language :  English (fluent required)

Reports to :  CTO + Engineering Team

About the Role We’re a healthcare SaaS preparing for go-to-market. Your job is to level up quality and stop regressions before they hit production. You’ll build our automation strategy from scratch and plug it directly into our CI on every pull request.

Tech Stack Frontend :  Next.js, React, Tailwind, shadcn, HeroUI

Backend :  Supabase, PostgreSQL

Platform :  Web app (desktop-first; mobile web coming soon)

CI / CD :  GitHub Actions

Compliance :  HIPAA, anonymized test data, auditability

What You’ll Do Own automation strategy + framework (Playwright preferred)

Add test gates to PRs via GitHub Actions (keep total pipeline ≤ 12 min)

Build reliable UI E2E + component tests for ~10 critical flows

Add lightweight performance tests (k6 or similar) and track benchmarks

Design test data strategy : synthetic / anonymized, fixtures and env mgmt

Keep flake rate ≤ 1–2%; quarantine + deflake quickly

Ensure cross-browser coverage (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)

Enable in-sprint automation + shift-left reviews

Drive quality observability : dashboards, defect triage, audit trails

Coach the team (~4 devs, 2 PMs, 2 UX) on testing best practices

What You’ll Bring 3+ years as SDET / Test Automation Engineer

Strong coding skills (TypeScript / JavaScript ideal)

Hands-on Playwright (or Cypress + willing to migrate)

Proven CI-integrated E2E / API test experience (GitHub Actions)

Cross-browser + responsive testing experience

Solid understanding of React / Next.js + API testing

Strong discipline around flakes, determinism, and parallelization

Fluent English + great async communication

90-Day Outcomes Playwright suite covering 10 critical flows

PR pipeline ≤ 12 minutes with test gates

Flake rate ≤ 1–2% with quarantine workflow

Cross-browser runs + initial performance baselines

Nice to Have Backend + component testing (Playwright)

Accessibility testing (WCAG), visual regression

HIPAA / healthcare or anonymized-data experience

BrowserStack experience

Performance testing : k6 / JMeter / Gatling

Observability hooks (trace IDs, log scrapers)

Supabase / Postgres fixtures + migration testing

How We Work 100% remote (Brazil / US time zones)

Close collaboration with CTO + Engineering; partner with Product / UX when needed

Pragmatic test pyramid : unit / component / API first; E2E for core journeys; performance / contract tests as gates

Hiring Process Intro chat (30–45 min)

Technical deep dive + pairing (60–90 min)

System quality / design interview (60 min)

Final chat (culture & collaboration)