Technical QA Automation Specialist at AllVoices
Santa Monica, CA
$20/hrfrom the description
Jun 28, 2026
Santa Monica, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contractor role focused on transitioning a SaaS workplace platform's QA process away from manual testing toward automation and AI-assisted workflows. Day-to-day work involves converting existing manual test cases into automated end-to-end tests using tools like Cypress, Puppeteer, or Playwright, building regression coverage, debugging test failures, and evaluating AI-based QA tooling. Best suited to someone independently capable with browser automation and JavaScript or TypeScript.
Mid level · Remote · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 5,700–24,400
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $104,300 (middle half $80,310–$133,180). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The compensation is stated as 'up to $20/hour' — the posting gives only a ceiling, not a range. Both min and max are set to $20 to reflect this.
Cypress, Puppeteer, and Playwright are listed together in the Required Experience section as 'Cypress, Puppeteer, Playwright, or similar browser automation tools' — these are interchangeable options for the same hard gate; Cypress is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
JavaScript/TypeScript is required ('Basic understanding of JavaScript or TypeScript') but the level demanded is notably low ('basic understanding'), suggesting a mid-level QA specialist rather than a software developer.
The Technical Skills section lists Cypress, Puppeteer, Playwright, JavaScript/TypeScript, PostgreSQL/SQL, API testing tools, browser developer tools, GitHub, CI/CD, and AI-assisted QA tools as 'preferred' — these appear under a secondary 'preferred' framing despite some overlap with the Required section; skills already captured as required above are not duplicated as preferred.
AI-assisted QA tools (e.g., Tester Army AI) are mentioned throughout as a strong interest area but are framed with 'interest in' and 'ability to evaluate' language rather than as a hard gate, so they are not listed as required skills.
No overall years-of-experience requirement is stated in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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