LATAM QA Automation Engineer(s)

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. Additionally, as part of our hiring process, the first step will be a preliminary technical assessment with an AI-powered recruiter. This helps us ensure an efficient, fair, and consistent experience for all candidates.

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: Mexico, El Salvador or Colombia.

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 (TypeScript, 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 GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, 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 technical and business value
• Outcome Orientation: Experience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impact
• Mentorship Experience: Experience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
• Relevant Education: may include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a equivalent experience
• Values Alignment: We Care Deeply, Always Deliver, Never Settle, Do It Together, Own the Outcome, and approach every situation with a CAN DO mentality - learn more about our Core Values and be sure to let us know which aligns most with your experience!

What You’ll Love About Us:

• A stable, full-time role. We’ve been building digital products for 25 years. This is a full-time employment opportunity in your country-offering paid time off, local holidays, and country-specific perks.
• Work/life balance that’s real. We believe work should support your life, not take it over. That’s why we promote a true work/life balance and encourage a 40-hour work week-no more.
• A culture worth joining. Praxent has been recognized by Best Places to Work in Fintech, Clutch, and Comparably for workplace excellence. Don’t just take our word for it-check out our Glassdoor reviews to hear directly from our team.
• Support without micromanagement. Your career is yours to grow. We’re here to guide, unblock, and champion you-not hover over your shoulder.
• Your voice matters. Got an idea? A different perspective? We want to hear it. Our team is built on openness, curiosity, and shared ownership.
• Time to recharge. You’ll receive paid time off and holidays based on your country’s standards because we believe work-life balance makes better people and better teams.
• Local perks, global standards. You’ll receive country-specific benefits that reflect where you live-often including bonus pay, local protections, and perks that matter to you. We’ll walk you through all the details when we connect.
• We invest in your growth. Whether it’s an online course, a tech conference, or a certification you’ve been eyeing-we cover the cost of ongoing learning. We want you to keep growing with us.
• People-first always. At Praxent, you’re not a number. You’re a person. We lead with kindness, respect, and empathy-because work should feel like a place where you belong.