About this role

Amazon is hiring a mid-level QA Engineer in the software engineering function based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Selenium, Testing, Frontend Development, Backend Development. Compensation is listed at $113,900–$160,000 per year.

Role: QA Engineer
Function: software engineering
Level: mid
Track: Individual contributor
Employment: Full-time
Location: Austin, TX
Department: Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
Posted: May 4, 2026

Job description

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Amazon Key allows us to securely deliver packages directly into customers' garages. Customers have embraced Amazon Key to protect their deliveries. We are continuously improving and delighting our rapidly growing customer base.

We are seeking motivated, talented individuals who want to make an impact on the Amazon Key delivery experience. You will work on challenging technical problems and learn along the way. We are looking for a passionate, and experienced QA Engineer to join our team and help us reimagine how to drive quality and efficiency through our testing lifecycle.

You are expected to have industry-leading technical expertise that enables you to significantly enhance product quality. Your test plans and automated tests should expose defects at component and feature integration level through end-to-end customer interactions. We want a QA engineer excited to work across software, hardware, firmware, helping us to deliver exciting new products to market.

Key job responsibilities
- Test automation
- Front end testing
- Experienced in testing hardware devices, and/or backend services and test automation
- Creating Test Plans, and test strategy

A day in the life
You will join the team of hands-on, proactive, self-motivated and seasoned software quality assurance professionals. In this role, you will:
- Create test plans and test cases
- Review user interfaces for conformity and functionality
- Efficiently execute test cases across all functional areas of our products
- Review product user interface for conformity to design guidelines
- Find, isolate, document, regress and track bugs through resolution
- Interpret and report testing results and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process
- Work with software development engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how each feature is implemented
- Collaborate across teams to enhance total product quality

Our ideal candidate:
- Enjoys working side by side with partners, colleagues and teams on challenging problems
- Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities
- Passionate for QA and test automation
- Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership
- Never shies away from a challenge

Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
- Experience in manual testing
- Experience in automation testing
- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium
- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 113,900.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually