Founding Test Automation Engineer

Velt’s platform is trusted by industry leaders including Pendo, Heygen, Runway, Lambdatest and is shaping the way users collaborate and work together online. We are looking for a passionate Test Automation Engineer to ensure we ship high quality features fast. Your work will power critical experiences on world-class products and brands. What You Need To Succeed Proven experience as a Test Automation Engineer or a similar role. Strong hands-on experience with Playwright for web automation. Deep understanding of different testing types: E2E, API, UI, and unit testing principles. Solid knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, REST APIs). Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail. A strong interest or experience in using AI tools for software testing. Good communication skills to collaborate effectively with the team. What You Will Do Design, build, and run automated tests for our web applications using Playwright. Develop and maintain E2E, API (frontend and backend), unit tests and UI tests to ensure full coverage. Develop and automate evaluation suites (evals) for AI features to ensure their accuracy, performance, and reliability. Drive the automation of all testing processes from start to finish. Explore and use AI tools to automate test generation, improve test coverage, and boost efficiency. Continuously improve our test automation framework and testing strategies. Work closely with developers and product teams to identify bugs and ensure quality. Clearly report issues and track them through to resolution. We Are Looking For The Following Four Fits Startup stage fit: You work well independently, even with unclear problems. You thrive in fast-changing, less structured environments. You love to deliver results, no matter the task. You have the ambition to be the best in your craft. Problem fit: You're passionate about ensuring software quality and enjoy finding ways to break things (to make them better!). You're excited about building robust, efficient automated testing solutions and exploring how AI can revolutionize testing processes. Experience fit: 3+ years in a frontend technical role working with customers. You've worked at the same company for 2+ years. Significant, direct experience using Playwright for test automation is a must. Proven experience in API testing (both frontend and backend aspects) and complex E2E testing. Experience with or a strong aptitude for learning and applying AI tools in a testing context. Culture fit: You prioritize speed over perfection. You can explain difficult concepts to a 5 yr old. You can find common ground in tough scenarios. You are hungry to learn and grow extremely fast. Why you should join us We Are Looking For Someone Who Can Hustle And Is Excited To Go All In. This Is Not a 9-5 Job. It's Fast Paced And Demanding. We Are Working On Very High Impact Products. This Requires High Velocity, Low Ego & Lots Of Hunger. At Velt You will be one of the first 10 employees & shape our engineering practices, products, company culture & business. You will get equity and participate in success of the company. You will work with an outstanding team. You will learn and grow at an accelerated pace. You will create your best work & shape the future of every shared experience on the web. Your code will get shipped to end users as soon as daily. Your work will matter. You will have a direct large impact on the company and our customers. Submit The Following When You Apply Why are you looking for a change right now? What excites you about the problem space and what is your point of view on that? Why are you the right fit? Show more Show less