About the Role:
- We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to take ownership of quality across complex, cloud-native systems.
- This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you will design automation frameworks, lead QA strategy, and ensure reliability at scale.
- You will work closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams while mentoring QA engineers and driving best practices.
Working Conditions:
- Contract Type: B2B.
- Compensation: Gross salary (within stated range).
- Holidays: 10 public holidays per year.
- Vacation & Sick Leave: Unpaid.
- Fully remote.
Key Responsibilities:
Test Design & Execution:
- Design, write, and maintain manual and automated test cases.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
- Develop BDD-based test scenarios.
- Implement data-driven and keyword-driven testing.
- Validate backend systems using SQL.
- Integrate with tools like Jira / AIO Test Management.
Automation & Framework Development:
- Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks.
- Implement UI automation using Playwright (MANDATORY).
- Develop API tests (Postman, REST Assured, Karate).
- Integrate automation into CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
- Write clean, maintainable code (Java, Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript).
- Test modern frontend apps (React, Jest, RTL).
- Validate .NET Core applications.
QA Leadership & Strategy:
- Lead and mentor QA engineers.
- Define QA processes, strategy, and best practices.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, DevOps.
- Drive quality metrics and continuous improvement.
- Identify risks early and ensure resolution.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders.
AWS & Environment Management (MANDATORY):
- Manage QA environments in AWS.
- Work with: Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, ECS, X-Ray.
- Test microservices in cloud-native architectures.
- Apply distributed systems testing strategies.
- Perform performance testing in cloud environments.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years in QA Automation / Software Testing.
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright.
- Deep understanding of automation frameworks & architecture.
- API testing + CI/CD integration experience.
- Strong SQL & backend validation skills.
- Proven AWS experience.
- Strong coding skills in at least one modern language.
- Experience testing modern web apps (React preferred).
- Excellent communication & problem-solving skills.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with GenAI tools for testing.
- QA metrics & reporting dashboards.
- ISTQB certification.
- Performance testing (JMeter or k6).
- Docker & Kubernetes experience.