LATAM Principal QA Automation Engineer

Why Praxent?

We get it. You have options. Let us tell you why we’re different. Our work is changing the world of financial services. Everyday, clients arrive with big ideas for their industry. They’re experts in their field with the vision and resources you need to change everything. All that’s left is the right team to bring that vision to life. If you’re a fast learner and you love working on a wide variety of projects, you’re going to like it here. We help our clients modernize, rather than rebuild, outdated customer-facing software applications. Our clients see a return within weeks instead of months and that’s why they choose us.

At Praxent, we let you do your work your way. We’re a team of 170+ located throughout the United States and Central/South America. Our role is to encourage you, support you, and give you the freedom you need to thrive. Whether you’re working at home, in a coffee shop, or heck, even on your travels, we’re here to create an environment that lets you live your best life. On your terms.

We trust our people to be their best. It’s a level of autonomy and respect that’s helped us grow a diverse and brilliant team of experts. Experts who also happen to be some of the best colleagues you’ve ever worked alongside.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Team members may live in the following locations: El Salvador, Mexico, or Colombia.

As part of our hiring process, the first step will be a introductory conversation with an AI-powered recruiter. This helps us ensure an efficient, fair, and consistent experience for all candidates before moving forward to human-led interviews.

Your Mission

Enhance the team’s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint.

• Cultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout a portfolio of projects. Reflect and instill the core values to example and leadership.
• Ensure Success: Provide end-to-end QA supervision for a portfolio of projects to ensure successful delivery within budget; ensure that best practices and standards are followed by all team members across all projects.
• Advance Capabilities: Continuously research and experiment with new tools and frameworks that create more value for client engagements; provide research, development and improvement of the already established processes, best practices, documentation and resources for all teams within the organization in regards to all the aspects of quality assurance.
• Give Feedback: Communicate expectations throughout the project team and manage escalations promptly and thoroughly; provide a growth and development structure to team members as well as objectives that align their individual performance and organizational goals.
• Set Standards: Develop standards for testing and reporting, analyze portfolio of testing metrics to advance our capabilities, research and implement new tools and processes.
• Evaluate Skills: Conduct recruiting interviews and analyze candidates to ensure successful hiring/contracting; assist with optimizing the process to ensure quality recruiting.
• Eliminate Ambiguity: Develop detailed testing strategies that build confidence with the agile team and client stakeholders, including technical planning, risk assessment, and clear documentation.