Freelance Software QA Automation Engineer

🔎 We’re hiring: Freelance Software QA Automation EngineerITSEC is looking for a freelance QA engineer who can build reliable automated tests, investigate failures, and give the development team a clear picture of release quality.We need someone who can work independently, understand the product’s critical user journeys, and create tests the team can maintain as the software evolves.What you’ll own

• Design and maintain automated tests for web applications and APIs.
• Build regression coverage for critical flows, including authentication, permissions, forms, integrations, and error handling.
• Run exploratory and manual tests where automation alone will not reveal the full issue.
• Integrate tests into the development pipeline so failures are visible before release.
• Investigate failed tests, distinguish product defects from test failures, and improve test reliability.
• Report defects with clear reproduction steps, evidence, severity, and business impact.
• Provide concise test results and a release readiness summary.What you’ll bring
• Proven experience writing and maintaining automated tests for production software.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright; equivalent experience with Cypress or Selenium will also be considered.
• API testing experience, including authentication, validation, and negative test cases.
• Ability to write clean test code in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or a comparable language.
• Experience running automated tests through a CI/CD pipeline.
• Strong manual testing judgment and precise written communication.
• Mobile app automation experience, such as Appium, is an advantage.Freelance engagement: Please include your availability, expected rate, and a brief example of an automation framework or test suite you have built.📩 Send your CV and relevant work examples to talents@itsecnow.com with “Freelance QA Automation Engineer” in the subject line.