QA Automation Engineer

Factored was conceived in Palo Alto, California by Andrew Ng and a team of highly experienced AI researchers, educators, and engineers to help address the significant shortage of qualified AI & Machine-Learning engineers globally. ​We know that exceptional technical aptitude, intelligence, communication skills, and passion are equally distributed around the world, and we are very committed to testing, vetting, and nurturing the most talented engineers for our program and on behalf of our clients.

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Engineer to test and validate our FastAPI backend and React frontend, ensuring a seamless user experience and maintaining the quality and reliability of our application. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both codebases, be skilled in writing automated tests, and be capable of performing manual testing when necessary. You will collaborate closely with developers to identify bugs, enhance test coverage, and uphold the overall quality of our application.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Review and understand both FastAPI backend and React frontend to design effective test strategies.
• Develop and maintain automated tests for API endpoints, UI components, and end-to-end workflows.
• Perform manual testing to identify edge cases, usability issues, and regressions.
• Write and execute integration, functional, and performance tests to ensure system reliability.
• Collaborate with developers to debug issues and improve application quality.
• Implement and manage CI/CD testing pipelines to automate test execution.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage and maintain test documentation.
• Conduct load and performance testing to validate backend efficiency under high traffic.
• Stay up-to-date with best practices in automated testing frameworks and QA methodologies.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in QA testing for both frontend and backend applications.
• Strong understanding of FastAPI (or similar backend frameworks) and React.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Pytest, Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Proficiency in writing API tests, UI tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into deployment workflows.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, WebSockets, and database interactions.
• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter or Locust is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with the development team.

 

At Factored, we believe that passionate, smart people expect honesty and transparency, as well as the freedom to do the best work of their lives while learning and growing as much as possible. Great people enjoy working with other passionate, smart people, so we believe in hiring right, and are very selective about who joins our team. Once we hire you, we will invest in you and support your career and professional growth in many meaningful ways. We hire people who are supremely intelligent and talented, but we recognize that intelligence is not enough. Perhaps more importantly, we look for those who are also passionate about our mission and are honest, diligent, collaborative, kind to others, and fun to be around. Life is too short to work with people who don’t inspire you.     We are a transparent workplace, where EVERYBODY has a voice in building OUR company, and where learning and growth are available to everyone based on their merits, not just on stamps on their resume. As impressive as some of the stamps on our resumes are, we recognize that human talent and passion exist everywhere, and come from many backgrounds, so stamps matter much less than results. All of us are dedicated doers and are highly energetic, focusing vehemently on execution because we know that the best learning happens by doing. We recognize that we are creating OUR COMPANY TOGETHER, which is not only a high-performing fast-growing business but is changing the way the world perceives the quality of technical talent in Latin America. We are fueled by the great positive impact we are making in the places where we do business and are committed to accelerating careers and investing in hundreds (and hopefully thousands) of highly talented data science engineers and data analysts.    In short, our business is about people, so we hire the best people and invest as much as possible in making them fall in love with their work, their learning, and their mission.  When not nerding out on data science, we love to make music together, play sports, play games, dance salsa, cook delicious food, brew the best coffee, throw the best parties, and