*Senior QA Engineer – Python | Automation & Vibe-Driven Testing**

EmpowerID is looking for a **hands-on, automation-first QA professional** who lives and breathes Python and enjoys proving that great software really can ship bug-free. If you know your way around **Vibe coding**, write airtight tests before you write Tweets, and can bend **Playwright, Cursor, and REST APIs** to your will, you’ll thrive here.

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### What You’ll Do

**Own the test strategy** for multiple Python micro-services: unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance, security, and regression.
**Author and maintain Vibe-style test suites** that double as living documentation.
**Automate everything** with Playwright (web/UI), Pytest + Requests (API), and Cursor or equivalent tools for intelligent code-assisted testing.
**Design robust mocks and stubs** for third-party services and asynchronous workflows (Kafka, Redis, Neo4j).
**Drive CI/CD quality gates**—fail builds on flaky tests, fail builds on unclear requirements.
**Partner with developers and DevOps** to reproduce, isolate, and exterminate defects fast.
**Champion observability**: integrate test telemetry with Prometheus/Grafana and improve our mean-time-to-detect.
**Continuously improve process**—from risk-based test matrices to smart report dashboards that tell the story at a glance.
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### Must-Have Skills

| Skill | Why It Matters |

| -------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| **Python + Pytest power-user** | You’ll write, refactor, and review large test suites daily. |

| **Playwright (or Selenium with desire to switch)** | We ship modern, JS-heavy UIs that need real-browser coverage. |

| **Vibe coding** | We follow a “tests express intent” ethos—concise, readable, community-style specs. |

| **Cursor (AI IDE) or similar** | We use AI tooling to accelerate test scaffolding and static analysis. |

| **Deep REST and JSON know-how** | A high percentage of defects hide in API contracts and edge-case payloads. |

| **CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI)** | Tests gate every pull request—your pipelines must be bullet-proof. |

| **Git and modern branching strategies** | You’ll review code, raise PRs, and push hotfix branches daily. |

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### Nice-to-Haves

Experience testing GraphQL, WebSockets, or gRPC endpoints
Load- and chaos-testing with Locust, k6, or similar tools
Docker/Kubernetes troubleshooting for test environments
Familiarity with Neo4j, Redis, Kafka, or ClickHouse
Security testing (OWASP ZAP, bandit, snyk)
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### What Success Looks Like

**Week 2:** local dev stack running; first end-to-end test merged.
**Month 1:** critical paths covered by Playwright; API contract tests auto-generated from OpenAPI specs.
**Quarter 1:** flaky tests under 1 percent, release candidates blocked by zero known defects, test reports integrated with product dashboards.
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### Why EmpowerNow

**Mission-driven**: we secure identities and data for millions of users.
**Automation culture**: if you can script it, you can ship it.
**Cutting-edge stack**: Python 3.12, FastAPI, Neo4j, Kafka, ClickHouse, and a generous test-lab budget.
**People first**: flexible remote schedules, continuous learning stipend, and genuine work–life balance.
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Ready to raise the quality bar? **Apply with a portfolio of your most impressive automated tests—or better yet, a link to a repo that makes them pass.** Let’s build rock-solid software together.

Qualifications

Experience testing GraphQL, WebSockets, or gRPC endpoints
Load- and chaos-testing with Locust, k6, or similar tools
Docker/Kubernetes troubleshooting for test environments
Security testing (OWASP ZAP, bandit, snyk)
**Quarter 1:** flaky tests under 1 percent, release candidates blocked by zero known defects, test reports integrated with product dashboards
**Automation culture**: if you can script it, you can ship it
**Cutting-edge stack**: Python 3.12, FastAPI, Neo4j, Kafka, ClickHouse, and a generous test-lab budget

Benefits

**Week 2:*
**People first**: flexible remote schedules, continuous learning stipend, and genuine work–life balance

Responsibilities

EmpowerID is looking for a **hands-on, automation-first QA professional** who lives and breathes Python and enjoys proving that great software really can ship bug-free
If you know your way around **Vibe coding**, write airtight tests before you write Tweets, and can bend **Playwright, Cursor, and REST APIs** to your will, you’ll thrive here
**Own the test strategy** for multiple Python micro-services: unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance, security, and regression
**Author and maintain Vibe-style test suites** that double as living documentation
**Automate everything** with Playwright (web/UI), Pytest + Requests (API), and Cursor or equivalent tools for intelligent code-assisted testing
**Design robust mocks and stubs** for third-party services and asynchronous workflows (Kafka, Redis, Neo4j)
**Drive CI/CD quality gates**—fail builds on flaky tests, fail builds on unclear requirements
**Partner with developers and DevOps** to reproduce, isolate, and exterminate defects fast
**Champion observability**: integrate test telemetry with Prometheus/Grafana and improve our mean-time-to-detect
**Continuously improve process**—from risk-based test matrices to smart report dashboards that tell the story at a glance
| **Playwright (or Selenium with desire to switch)** | We ship modern, JS-heavy UIs that need real-browser coverage
| **Cursor (AI IDE) or similar** | We use AI tooling to accelerate test scaffolding and static analysis
| **Deep REST and JSON know-how** | A high percentage of defects hide in API contracts and edge-case payloads
| **CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI)** | Tests gate every pull request—your pipelines must be bullet-proof
| **Git and modern branching strategies** | You’ll review code, raise PRs, and push hotfix branches daily
Familiarity with Neo4j, Redis, Kafka, or ClickHouse
local dev stack running; first end-to-end test merged
critical paths covered by Playwright; API contract tests auto-generated from OpenAPI specs

Expert QA Software Tester Needed with Vibe Coding & Playwright Experience

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