Senior QA Engineer (AI-First)

About the role

Augment IT builds Inspect AR, a platform combining digital workflows, artificial intelligence and augmented reality for inspections and maintenance in critical industries. It is a small, senior team where everyone owns their area. The company is looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer to own quality across web, iOS and Android platforms and to build the QA practice around AI from day one, working intensively with AI every day.

Key responsibilities

• Own and lead QA for the web and mobile versions of the product, including strategy, planning and execution.
• Design and establish AI-based testing workflows across web, iOS, Android and Realwear, covering test design, automation, execution, triage and reporting.
• Align with the CTO to set up the technical infrastructure for reliable automations, and use AI agents and coding assistants to generate and maintain automated test suites for functional, smoke, regression and performance testing.
• Turn requirements, user stories, tickets and customer issues into test cases with AI support, and validate that the system behaves correctly.
• Use AI for exploratory testing, edge-case discovery, synthetic test data, visual and UI regression checks, and AI-assisted failure analysis.
• Integrate AI-driven steps into CI/CD pipelines and define how to test the AI features of the product itself.
• Ensure safe use of AI tools with customer data, give release sign-off with a concise report, reproduce customer issues, and mentor teammates in AI-assisted testing.

Required profile

• BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional QA experience, including significant hands-on test automation.
• Proven, intensive daily use of AI in QA, with examples of AI-based testing workflows built and run.
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants and agents (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and agent-driven browser and mobile automation.
• Fluent written and spoken English; independent, precise, pragmatic and proactive.

Required skills

• Programming in at least one modern language (C#, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python or Swift).
• Test automation and reporting tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Appium, XCUITest and CI/CD integration.
• Knowledge of the test pyramid, risk-based testing, Git branching and versioning, and TestFlight, Google Play testing tracks and Android APK installs.
• Nice to have: testing AI/ML features, custom AI agents or MCP servers, AR or computer vision apps, offline-first mobile apps, performance testing (k6, JMeter) and enterprise B2B experience.

What we offer

• A key role with real ownership in a small, high-trust team and the freedom to shape an AI-first QA practice.
• Competitive salary and 5 days of education per year.
• Private health insurance, lunch, and the option to work in the Skopje office or from home (full remote work is not supported).