Senior QA Automation Engineer (Playwright)

CapeZero (https://www.capezero.com/) is a cleantech startup making an impact at the intersection of clean energy, finance, and technology. We provide renewable energy companies and investors with smarter navigation solutions for financing their solar, wind, and storage projects. We're a US-based mission-driven organization that operates at a fast pace. We value innovation, collaboration, diversity, and transparency.

CapeZero is looking for a high-performing QA Automation Engineer to join our small team. As a member of the Engineering team, you will be responsible for building and improving our digital platform. You will work closely with financial modeling experts, other software engineers, product designers, and other stakeholders to build a robust backend system.

At CapeZero, you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative and meaningful projects that have a positive impact on the planet.

Responsibilities

• Defining test cases/plans associated with specifications based on business requirements.
• Understand the nuances of project finance and translate modeling needs to a robust test plan covering edge cases.
• Identifying enhancements and modifications that improve product quality.
• Fixing small bugs, adding automated unit tests, and improving the usability/design of the APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, test, and maintain test cases using Playwright.
• Help maintain automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews, bug triage, and provide feedback on technical designs.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement and learning for oneself and team members.
• Running regression tests continually and being able to communicate with the team test coverage, the status of various lower environments, and their stability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on QA Automation using Typescript and Playwright.
• Highly skilled in finding, documenting/communicating bugs/issues and developing a hypothesis of why/when they occur.
• Proficiency in Git, Docker, and Linux systems.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks (specifically React).
• Experience testing APIs and Single Page Applications (SPA).
• Strong understanding of software testing and test-driven development

Nice-to-haves:

• Previous experience working on a B2B SaaS product.
• Experience with E2E QA/Testing using Cypress, Selenium, etc.
• Some experience with Django or similar web frameworks.
• Experience with modern DevOps practices, such as continuous integration, delivery, and deployment. Experience with Fly, Railway, Render, or other modern cloud platforms preferred.
• You’ve built something cool on your own because you enjoy doing what you do.
• Open source contributions.
• University degree in Computer Science or related engineering field.
• Passion for renewable energy and sustainability, and the desire to make a positive impact on the world.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities for domestic and international travel
• Dynamic and fast-paced work environment to grow in your career and make an impact.
• Remote work/work from home
• Paid Time Off

Please respond with the following three important things:

1. A short Cover Letter describing why this role is a good fit for you
2. A link to your Github / relevant work we can review online
3. A Resume (and LinkedIn profile if you have one)

Also, putting the words "Playwright 1.47.X is awesome!" in your cover letter will let us know that you took the time to read this post and paid good attention to detail.