Faro Health Inc.FI

Sr. QA Automation Engineer - Contract

Faro Health is a cloud-computing company developing a software platform to simplify and optimize the design and authoring of clinical trial protocols for the life sciences industry.

Faro Health Inc.

Employee count: 11-50

Salary: 94k-114k USD

United States only

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior QA Automation Engineer with extensive automation experience, particularly with Playwright. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining our automated testing frameworks and suites for our web applications. You will work closely with development, product, and other QA team members to ensure the delivery of high-quality, robust, and reliable software.

This is a contract role (3 months with possibility for extension) open to candidates residing in the following states or Corp to Corp.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Automation Strategy Development:
    • Design, develop, and maintain scalable, robust, and efficient automated test suites using Playwright (TypeScript).
    • Debugging Playwright tests using trace files and logs.
    • Contribute significantly to the architecture and evolution of our automation frameworks.
    • Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to support continuous testing.
  • Defect Management:
    • Identify and communicate bugs found during ad-hoc or scheduled test executions
    • Work closely with the supervisor to reproduce, debug, and resolve issues.
  • Quality Advocacy:
    • Act as a strong advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
    • Continuously seek to improve QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
  • Collaboration:
    • Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups.
    • Communicate test results, risks, and quality metrics to the supervisor.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

  • Experience: 5+ years of direct experience in Quality Assurance focused on test automation development or 5+ years of development experience.
  • Playwright Expertise: Strong experience in designing, developing, debugging and maintaining test automation frameworks and scripts specifically with Playwright.
  • Programming Skills: Proficient in TypeScript/JavaScript programming language.
  • Web Technologies: Solid understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, React).
  • Framework: Solid understanding of Oops concepts and Design patterns.
  • Version Control: Familiar with version control systems such as Git.
  • Database: Hands-on database SQL queries experience.
  • Testing Methodologies: Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
  • Test Management Tools: Proficiency with tools like Jira, Azure, Qase.
  • CI/CD: Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
  • Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.


Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):

  • Master's/Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related software field.
  • Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman, Rest Assured, in-house tooling).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Previous 5+ years of experience in a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role or 3+ years of experience as Software Development.
  • Hands-on with performance or security testing.
  • Mentorship or leadership experience within a QA team.

Benefits

Salary

  • Hourly range for this position is $45 to $55 per hour
  • Ability to work 40 hours per week.
  • Individual hourly pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training

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Salary: 94k-114k USD

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About Faro Health Inc.

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Faro Health is at the forefront of revolutionizing clinical trial design through its innovative, cloud-based software platform. The company is dedicated to transforming how clinical protocols are developed by integrating all stakeholders within the clinical trials ecosystem. This includes sponsor and CRO ClinOps teams, research sites, vendors, patients, and laboratories, all connected through a singular, cohesive software solution. Through groundbreaking technology, Faro Health is streamlining the traditionally complex and manual processes involved in designing and authoring clinical studies for biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. The platform empowers clinical development teams to create, refine, and manage clinical protocols in a digital-native environment, significantly reducing manual labor and enhancing operational efficiency. By digitizing protocol design, Faro Health provides actionable insights aimed at lessening the burden on patients and clinicians, decreasing the costs associated with clinical trials, and simplifying overall study complexity.

The core of Faro Health's innovation lies in its ability to standardize, automate, and streamline the challenges inherent in clinical trials. The platform utilizes an integrated clinical development environment that simplifies the creation of complex clinical studies by leveraging smart digital protocols. It offers in-context and intuitive insights during the authoring process, enabling clinical researchers to optimize study designs based on data-driven decisions. Faro Health's technology facilitates the design of complex clinical trials using modular building blocks, combined with data-driven insights to orchestrate and automate operationally intricate trials. This approach not only accelerates the development of novel medicines but also ensures that clinical trials are operationally efficient, avoiding delays and generating trustworthy data. The company's commitment to innovation is further underscored by its focus on integrating AI and automation to reduce costs, accelerate timelines, and improve patient experiences, thereby establishing a new standard for the future of clinical research.

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