--- title: 'QA Automation Engineer (QB - QA - 20260617) at Celaralabs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/qa-automation-engineer-qb-qa-20260617-celaralabs-remote-m4szmx38d6hw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # QA Automation Engineer (QB - QA - 20260617) at Celaralabs - **Company:** Celaralabs - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** contract - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/celaralabs/307056c3-3edd-43d6-beed-5cf34b834dc9 ## Job description Our technology team is a rapidly growing group of talented and experienced engineers helping to build the leading enterprise software company focused on restaurant technology. We use modern technologies, automation, and AI-assisted engineering practices to build products that power restaurant operations at scale. We are looking for a hands-on, forward-thinking QA Automation Engineer to join our Kitchen Display System (KDS) team. This is an automation-first role where you'll own and extend automated test coverage for a business-critical platform used in restaurant operations. You will work within an established automation framework, help maintain healthy regression pipelines, improve test reliability, and partner closely with engineers to deliver high-quality software. This is a high-impact role on a fast-moving team where quality, automation, and continuous improvement are core to how we build and release software. ## What You'll Do Here ● Develop, maintain, and expand automated test coverage for the Kitchen Display System (KDS) platform. ● Design and execute automated UI, API, regression, and smoke tests. ● Build scalable, maintainable automation solutions using established framework patterns and best practices. ● Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle. ● Investigate defects, troubleshoot test failures, and identify quality risks early in the development process. ● Maintain and improve automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines. ● Participate in sprint planning, test strategy discussions, and release validation activities. ● Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve test design, automation development, code reviews, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity. ● Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality engineering standards, automation practices, and testing processes. ## Experience We're Looking For ● 4+ years of hands-on QA Automation, SDET, or Quality Engineering experience. ● Strong programming skills in Java and a solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles. ● Experience building and maintaining UI automation frameworks using Appium, Selenium, Playwright, or similar technologies. ● Experience designing and implementing scalable automated test solutions. ● Experience testing REST APIs and working with JSON payloads. ● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution. ● Experience with Maven, Git, and modern software development workflows. ● Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills. ● Ability to quickly understand and contribute to large, existing codebases. ● Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, debugging, test generation, documentation, or code review. ● Excellent communication and collaboration skills. ● Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. Bonus Experience ● Experience with restaurant technology, POS systems, Kitchen Display Systems (KDS), or other transactional business applications. ● Experience with Kotlin. ● Experience testing desktop or Electron-based applications. ● Experience with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms. ● Familiarity with Docker and containerized testing environments. ● Experience with distributed test execution environments. ● Experience with performance, reliability, or latency-sensitive testing. ● Experience with modern AI-assisted engineering workflows and agentic development tools. Technology Environment ● Java ● TestNG ● Appium and Selenium ● REST API Testing ● Maven ● Azure DevOps ● Docker ● Git The Type of Team Player We Need ● Proactive mindset with a high degree of ownership and accountability. ● Passion for quality, automation, and continuous improvement. ● Strong analytical thinker and creative problem-solver. ● Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities. ● Adaptable, collaborative, and eager to learn. ● Curious about emerging technologies and modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development. ● Team-oriented professional who enjoys partnering across Engineering, Product, and QA disciplines. ## About Celaralabs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Celara helps U.S. companies hire senior AI engineers from Latin America and deploy production agentic AI workflows through a U.S.-led implementation team. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrap-stage signals; no disclosed funding round) - **Headquarters**: Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States - **Founded**: Not publicly available (based on available data) - **Founders**: Pablo A. Abdian (Co-Founder & Managing Director) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: IT Services and IT Consulting; AI Talent & Implementation - Target customers: U.S.-based companies (mid-market to enterprise) looking to integrate AI into operations and hire senior AI engineering talent - Mission or purpose statement: To build agentic AI inside businesses by connecting them with production-ready nearshore talent and implementation teams. ## Products & Services - **Recruiting (One-Time Hire)**: Full-cycle recruitment to define, source, and vet senior AI engineers, handing the hire over to the client’s team. - **Recruiting + Ongoing Support**: Hire nearshore AI engineers (Latin America) while Celara handles payroll, compliance, and cross-border logistics. - **Celara Catalyst — Build With Us**: Celara’s own U.S.-led consulting team works directly with the client to deploy agentic AI workflows (Claude, Claude Code, Cowork, MCP) — fixed scope, fast cadence, no lock-in. - **AI Voice Agent (with Retell)**: Sentiment-aware conversational agents for customer support automation. - **Document Understanding (Claude + MCP)**: Agentic pipelines for classifying, summarizing, and extracting insights from complex documents. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total headcount of 18 employees (as of mid-2026) with a -13% YoY change in workforce size - **Notable Investors/Partners**: No disclosed investors; partners include the Claude AI ecosystem (Anthropic), Cowork, MCP, and Retell - **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn follower growth of +98% year-over-year (1,493 followers), indicating strong brand interest despite modest headcount; active presence in nearshore AI engineering space with clear focus on agentic AI. ## Competitive Advantages - **U.S.-Led, Nearshore Delivery**: The engagement lead is based in the U.S., ensuring strong communication and accountability, while the implementation team is nearshore (Latin America, same time zone). - **Deep AI Stack Fluency**: Celara builds daily with Claude, Claude Code, Cowork, MCP, and agent frameworks — staying current with a rapidly changing landscape. - **Role-First Recruiting**: Defines the role before recruiting, targeting engineers who match the client’s specific product, team, and stage. - **No Lock-In Consulting**: Clients own the built systems and source code after the engagement. ## Strategic Focus - **Agentic AI Inside Businesses**: Prioritizing the deployment of production-ready, autonomous AI workflows (voice agents, document processing) over demos or hype. - **Nearshore Talent Expansion**: Growing the network of senior AI engineers across Latin America to support U.S. tech teams. - **AI-Native SDLC Upgrade**: Shifting client development practices to leverage modern AI-assisted tools and workflows. ## Why Work Here - **Remote-First Culture**: Roles (e.g., QA Automation Engineer, Software Engineer .NET) are remote/contract-based with flexibility. - **Latin America Focus**: For engineers in LATAM, the opportunity offers U.S. compensation, remote work, paid holidays, and vacation, with clear communication throughout the hiring process. - **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on production AI systems over demos — engineers build real agentic workflows with modern tools (Claude, MCP, Cowork, .NET, Azure, AWS). - **Career Support**: Celera supports onboarding and stays in touch as careers evolve, creating a network rather than just placements. - **Fast-Paced, Evolving**: Comfortable with changing priorities and emerging technologies; AI-assisted software development is a given. ## Sources 1. [celaralabs.com](https://celaralabs.com/) 2. [jobs.lever.co/celaralabs](https://jobs.lever.co/celaralabs) 3. [linkedin.com/company/celaralabs](https://linkedin.com/company/celaralabs) 4. [celaralabs.com/talent](https://www.celaralabs.com/talent) 5. [jobs.lever.co - Software Engineer .NET](https://jobs.lever.co/celaralabs/9634d882-b7bd-4911-8829-4fc8da1884f8) ## Other roles at Celaralabs - [Software Engineer (QB - .Net - 20260713)](https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-qb-net-20260713-celaralabs-remote-x5e8j58yg2tq)