We’re Kuona (kuona.ai), an AI technology company that empowers consumer products and retailers to live up to their revenue goals and empowers our clients to maximize their sales and profitability through the dynamic optimization of prices, promotions, and inventories. Our AI-powered platform helps top brands like Coca-Cola and OXXO to maximize their profits and optimize inventories. We are looking for world-class, curious, innovative, bright people who work to be better every day!

We are seeking a motivated QA Automation Intern who is passionate about software testing and quality assurance. This role is ideal for a student who is one year to a year and a half away from graduating and can commit to working 15-20 hours per week. As a QA Automation Intern, you will work closely with our development team to write, execute, and maintain automated tests, ensuring the highest level of quality across our platforms. This internship will provide valuable experience in coding automated tests and applying software programming skills in a real-world setting.

• This position is Hybrid-remote.

• Considering students in Monterrey area, our office is in San Pedro, NL.

• Intern will need to attend our office at least once every two weeks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the QA and development teams to understand product functionality and develop test strategies.

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test scripts using Python and testing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, or MS Playwright.

• Assist in the development and implementation of testing strategies for various applications and features.

• Conduct functional, regression, and performance testing to identify and document software defects.

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving the quality assurance process.

• Learn and apply software development best practices to the testing environment.

• Communicate testing progress, issues, and results to the QA team and other stakeholders.

• Support the QA team in maintaining and enhancing test environments.

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, with at least 1-1.5 years remaining until graduation.

• Basic understanding of programming languages, particularly Python.

• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, MS Playwright) is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a remote work environment.

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Must be based in Monterrey, NL, or willing to work remotely.

What You’ll Gain in our Internship Program:

• Hands-on experience in QA automation within a fast-paced AI technology company.

• Exposure to the full software development life cycle and various testing methodologies.

• Opportunities to learn from experienced QA professionals and software engineers.

• A flexible work schedule that accommodates your academic commitments.

• A supportive and collaborative team culture that encourages growth and innovation.

Your experience with Kuona:

• Creativity: We like that all team members can propose and create new features

• Self-management: Since we are a very horizontal company, we require that team members can decide for themselves what to work on and define priorities

• Opportunities to learn: We offer all our employees a wide opportunity to learn things that you probably wouldn't be exposed to in a corporate environment.

• High Impact: You will be involved in the growth and evolution of the company, all your contributions will be of high impact on the overall results.

• We value our culture: We are fully committed to prioritizing great results for our clients and an amazing employee experience for our people.

• Ability to work anywhere / Flexibility: We provide everyone the opportunity to design your day and execute your projects with flexibility and focus on your well-being.

Benefits:

• Competitive base compensation

• Flexible time off and 12 holidays

• Work from-home policy including a laptop and support for your home office needs

• Opportunity to join a diverse, passionate, and fun team

Our process:

This is our basic process, we may add or remove steps based on the information that we gather during the process.

• Introductory screening call with someone from our recruiting team.

• Interview loop with additional team members, with the following panel:

  • Technical interview for the role + Test Project

  • Industry knowledge and management experience

  • Culture fit and behavioral interview with our CEO

• Reference Checks

• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer.

Kuona provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.