Summary

An effective Quality Assurance Engineer should be able effectively communicate with the team and develop solutions for both unit and end-to-end tests. The ideal candidate must be able to prioritize tasks and complete them in a timely manner.

What You’ll Do

1. Lead QA strategy for key product initiatives, from test planning to implementation and automation.
2. Build and maintain both unit and end-to-end tests using modern frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Mocha, etc).
3. Use AI tooling (e.g. Claude, Codex, Cursor) to streamline test writing, refactoring, bug reproduction, and documentation.
4. Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to ensure a quality-first approach across all releases.
5. Investigate, triage, and verify issues reported by users or internal stakeholders.
6. Support continuous integration (CI) pipelines and help define deployment-readiness criteria.
7. Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and QA retrospectives to continuously improve quality culture.
8. Contribute to test documentation, regression libraries, and quality benchmarks.

What We’re Looking For

1. 6–8 years of professional experience in quality assurance or software testing.
2. Deep understanding of test automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, WebdriverIO, Mocha, Chai, etc).
3. Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate test creation, bug diagnosis, or regression coverage.
4. Strong experience with GitHub workflows, version control, and collaborative engineering environments.
5. Familiarity with Unix/Linux CLI and scripting for test and build automation.
6. Prior experience working in agile development teams, CI/CD pipelines, and fast-moving startup environments.
7. Bonus: Exposure to blockchain products, financial platforms, or web3 ecosystems.

How We Work

1. We’re building a culture of curiosity, ownership, and excellence. At The Block:
2.  We’re confidently humble. We lead with curiosity, not ego.
3.  We’re actionably curious. We ask better questions and back our ideas with execution.
4.  We take tenacious ownership. We follow through, push for high standards, and lift each other up.
5.  We prioritize respectful partnership. We’re kind, candid, and focused on impact.

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Development
• Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Software Engineering
• Team Collaboration