QA Automation Engineer, Loop

Who You'd Work With

Loop builds the QA engineers that AI-era teams actually need.

Loop places senior, U.S.-based QA and automation engineers directly inside engineering teams, not as ticket-takers, but as people who understand how systems are built, not just how to test them. Our engineers move across manual QA, Playwright automation, API testing, database validation, and CI/CD triage, and we're actively rolling out practical AI and MCP adoption across our QA bench.

This opening sits on a team supporting a financial services client, backfilling a seat on a QA Center of Excellence that's actively adopting AI tooling into daily workflows.

Loop, last 12 months

30+

Engagements shipped

94%

On-time releases

40%

Reduction in average regression CI time

0

Critical escapes

"The best candidates consistently show strong fundamentals, clear thinking, and precise execution of requirements."

Ryan Anderson, President & COO, Engineering Leader. You'd report directly to him.

The Role

Quality that keeps pace with a team shipping continuously.

This role focuses on improving automation coverage for a team that ships continuously. You'll build and maintain end-to-end and API test suites, help close coverage gaps, and support CI/CD pipeline reliability, with AI tooling (Claude, Cursor) built into the daily workflow, not bolted on.

DO What You'll Do

Build and maintain automated tests using Playwright across UI and API layers
Expand end-to-end test coverage by identifying gaps and writing new scenarios
Run, monitor, and help triage failures in CI/CD pipelines
Debug test failures and determine whether the issue is the test, the data, or the app
Collaborate with engineers to improve test structure and reliability
Use AI tooling to support testing, debugging, and day-to-day workflow efficiency

NEED What We Need

5+ years in QA, software testing, or test automation
Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar frameworks
Working knowledge of APIs and how web applications function
Familiarity with JavaScript, TypeScript, or another scripting language
Comfort debugging issues thoroughly before escalating them
Experience with AI-assisted tools is a plus, or strong interest in adopting them

Why this stands out

This team is rolling out AI adoption across the entire QA Center of Excellence. Real experience pairing AI tools with test automation, not just knowing they exist, is what makes a candidate shine here.

Claude Cursor Playwright MCP

Radical Transparency

Exactly how this role gets filled.

Most job posts hide the process. Here's ours: cadence, timeline, and what actually gets you a call, laid out plainly.

Internal note: how Ryan reviews this req

This is the same process every applicant goes through. No mystery, no black box, just what happens to your resume after you hit submit.

Review cadence

Resumes are reviewed twice a day, first come, first served.

What gets a call

A quick scan for logistics fit (hybrid Charlotte schedule) plus the top 3 skills above. Match those, and you're getting a call.

One extra step

Ryan always checks the LinkedIn profile attached to your resume. He prefers to put a face to a name before the first call.

Interview process

Step 1: A hands-on Playwright exercise, untimed, built around real-world scenarios. AI use is encouraged, since we're evaluating your debugging process, not just correctness.
Step 2: A conversation with the Engineering Manager, Ryan Anderson.

Fastest path in

Ryan is active and responsive on LinkedIn. If you fit the role and you're interested, send him a note directly.

Timing matters here: Ryan meets with the client in two weeks and plans to run interviews next week. This req is moving quickly.

Ready when you are.

Apply below, or skip the queue and send Ryan a note on LinkedIn. Both paths land on the same desk.

QA Automation Engineer