The Senior QA Engineer at tvScientific, a part of Pinterest, will ensure the quality of web platform features across UI, APIs, and backend services. This role involves designing manual and automated tests, collaborating with engineers and product teams, and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines to maintain reliability, security, and performance.
What You'll Do
- Own and drive quality for web platform features, spanning UI, APIs, and backend services
- Design and execute manual test cases and exploratory testing for complex web and API workflows
- Conduct thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Build and maintain automated test suites to validate frontend–backend integration, data consistency, and error handling
- Perform API contract testing, schema validation, and negative/edge-case testing
- Collaborate with engineers during design, implementation, and code reviews to improve testability and catch issues early
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, reliable feedback
- Analyze test failures, investigate root causes, and drive issues to resolution
- Advocate for quality best practices, including shift-left testing, risk-based testing, and automation strategy
- Identify, document, and track software defects using bug tracking tools like Jira
What We're Looking For
- Experience in QA / Quality Engineering, with a strong focus on web platforms and APIs
- Proven hands-on experience with manual testing of complex, consumer-facing web applications
- Strong experience building and maintaining API tests using tools such as Postman, REST-assured, Supertest, or similar
- Hands-on experience with web automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress)
- Solid understanding of HTTP, REST and API design principles
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (JavaScript, TypeScript)
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Strong debugging, analytical, and communication skills
- Strategic partnership with stakeholders / Cross-functional collaboration that is high-trust and high-velocity
- Demonstrated ability to use AI to improve speed and quality in your day-to-day workflow for relevant outputs
- Strong track record of critical evaluation and verification of AI-assisted work (e.g., testing, source-checking, data validation, peer review)
- High integrity and ownership: you protect sensitive data, avoid over-reliance on AI, and remain accountable for final decisions and deliverables
Nice to Have
- Experience testing large-scale, high-traffic web platforms
- Familiarity with React or modern frontend frameworks
- Experience with performance, load, or reliability testing for APIs and web applications
- Exposure to feature flags, experimentation platforms, or observability tools
Technical Stack
- Postman
- REST-assured
- Supertest
- Playwright
- Cypress
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- HTTP
- REST
- API
- Jira
Benefits & Compensation
- Equity eligibility
- Flexible work environment to do your best work
- Career growth opportunities
- Inspirational and inclusive workplace culture
- Access to AI tools to augment creativity and impact
Compensation: $132,415—$272,619 USD, with equity eligibility.
Work Mode
Remote work allowed; role is remote but may have situational in-office needs based on team requirements. Location: San Francisco.
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. Pinterest also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, support is available via a provided form.
