Junior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Foratravel

About Fora Fora is the modern travel agency, empowering anyone with a passion for travel to build a thriving advisory business. We're modernizing the $100B+ travel agency industry by combining powerful technology, data, and community to enable thousands of entrepreneurs to build on our platform. Our business-in-a-box platform gives travel entrepreneurs everything they need to launch and scale, from cutting-edge tools and personalized training to a vibrant community and exclusive industry partnerships. At the heart of it all is our mission: to help the next generation of travel entrepreneurs turn their love for travel into a fulfilling career, whether full-time or part-time. We believe that everyone, from seasoned professionals to first-time advisors, can build something both profitable and personal. Founded in 2021 by seasoned entrepreneurs, Fora has grown steadily since, expanding to a team of 200+ full-time employees based in downtown New York City. In 2025, we announced our $60 million Series B and C investment rounds, led by Thrive Capital and Insight Partners, with participation by previous investors including Forerunner and Heartcore Capital. We've also been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Startup 2024, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies 2025 and 2023, and Built In 2025 Best Places to Work. We're building the first truly unified platform for all travel needs—leveraging the best of human expertise and technology to transform how people plan and book travel. About The Role We are seeking a motivated Junior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer to join our QA team and help strengthen our automated testing efforts. This role will work closely with our Senior Automation Engineer to support and expand our automation test suite built using Playwright. The ideal candidate will have 2–4 years of experience in software testing and a strong interest in growing their skills in test automation. They will collaborate with both onshore and offshore QA teams, participate in code reviews, and help maintain high testing standards across the organization. In addition to contributing to automation, this role requires someone who is comfortable investigating failures and identifying root causes. The candidate should be able to review logs and traces, understand API responses, and use monitoring tools such as Datadog, Kibana, or Splunk to troubleshoot issues and support engineering teams. Our application is actively developed, with new features continuously being introduced and existing functionality evolving based on customer feedback. As a Junior QA Automation Engineer, you will play an important role in ensuring that new features are tested effectively and that automated coverage continues to grow. Key Responsibilities Automation Test Development: • Collaborate with the Senior Automation Engineer to expand and maintain the Playwright automation test suite. • Develop and improve end-to-end automated tests for critical product workflows. • Identify manual test scenarios that should be automated to increase coverage. • Participate in pull request reviews and follow established automation best practices. • Help ensure automated tests run reliably within CI/CD pipelines. Quality Assurance & Testing: • Execute functional, regression, and exploratory testing for new and existing features. • Validate product releases to ensure critical workflows remain stable. • Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps. Failure Investigation & Debugging: • Investigate failing automated tests and identify root causes. • Review application logs, traces, and monitoring tools to diagnose issues. • Analyze API responses and backend behavior to ensure system integrity. • Identify patterns and trends in recurring failures to improve overall test stability. Team Collaboration: • Work closely with engineers, product managers, and QA team members during development cycles. • Collaborate with offshore QA engineers to maintain alignment on testing standards and processes. • Participate in sprint ceremonies including standups, planning, and retrospectives. Best Practices & Learning: • Follow and help reinforce QA and automation best practices. • Contribute to improving test coverage and documentation. • Continue developing technical skills in automation, testing strategies, and QA tools. Requirements • Minimum 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance. • Experience with automated testing tools or frameworks (Playwright is a plus). • Basic knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript or another programming language used in test automation. • Understanding of testing methodologies such as functional, regression, and end-to-end testing. • Ability to read logs and traces to diagnose issues and test failures. • Familiarity with Git and pull request workflows. • Understanding of API responses and backend data validation. • Experience using monitoring tools such as Datadog, Kibana, or Splunk is a plus. • Experience working with Agile development teams. • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with distributed teams. Compensation Compensation range for this role can vary widely depending on experience, and for this role an indicative range is $90-$115k + equity. Other benefits include: • Unlimited vacation • Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ) • Dental & Vision Insurance • Wellhub Memberships • 401k plan with company match • Commuter Benefits • Supplemental Life Insurance • Stock Options This role is based in our beautiful New York City office (Tribeca/Fidi) with lots of natural light and great views. Our Values We’re forging our own path Fora has always been about driving change within the industry. We’re not interested in maintaining the status quo. We’re stronger together Community is our cornerstone and collective power is our strength. We believe we can all go further when we operate together, using our combined leverage to unlock better opportunities and outcomes for our advisors, partners, and travelers. We believe in technology We believe technology is an answer to some of the most fundamental challenges the travel industry faces. We believe advancements in AI, bold investments in our platforms, and a world-class data infrastructure will transform the work of our advisors and our partners, while creating better travel experiences for travelers. We’re here to serve We operate in service of our community and believe that when they’re empowered to focus on what they do best, we all win. It’s why we relentlessly advocate for our advisors and prioritize their best interest every step of the way. We mean business Fora is equal parts fun, meaningful work and serious travel business. We’re unlocking opportunities for thousands of travel entrepreneurs, delivering a stream of high-quality guests at scale for our partners, and providing a superior travel experience for our travelers. It’s a better equation for the future of our industry. WORK AUTHORIZATION Authorization to work in the United States is required for full-time roles based in our New York City office. Fora is unable to sponsor or assist with U.S. work authorization. Roles based outside of the United States are not subject to this requirement. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Fora is committed to an equitable hiring process and an inclusive work environment. BIPOC and traditionally underrepresented candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We will not discriminate and will take action to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law.