We are seeking a contract Senior Automation Tester in Java to join the sprint team as an embedded member, responsible for reviewing completed work before promotion to Staging, managing the staging release process, and maintaining the health of automated test suites. This role provides an independent quality review and applies the team's established testing and release standards, while participating in standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives with shared accountability for sprint commitments.

Responsibilities

Verify completed work against acceptance criteria, design intent, and expected product behavior
Test changes in the development environment, including adjacent functionality at risk of regression
Document defects in Linear with reproduction steps, expected and presente behavior, environment, and severity
Provide Product stakeholders with a concise summary of each release candidate for approval
Own the staging release process and determine which completed items are ready for promotion
Execute releases using the team's automation and promote work that passes quality review




Return failed items to the owning engineer with clear reproduction details
Run and maintain Playwright, unit, and integration test suites
Triage failures and distinguish product defects from flaky tests
Diagnose and repair flaky or outdated tests
Identify duplicate tests, dead tests, coverage gaps, and inaccurate test-plan status
Extend or repair test specifications when it is the most efficient path to restoring coverage

Requirements

3+ years of experience in QA or test automation roles with strong product judgment and the ability to identify gaps between a technically passing implementation and the intended outcome
Experience with risk-based test prioritization
Proficiency in AI-assisted QA or development tools such as Claude, Claude Code, or equivalent
Expertise in Playwright, including running, interpreting, debugging, and repairing end-to-end tests and diagnosing flaky behavior
Worki

📌 Senior Automation Tester in Java (Argentina)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Argentina