Senior QA Automation Engineer / Test Engineer

Description

Job Summary: This Senior QA Automation position seeks a candidate to ensure quality for a high-traffic digital product, engaging in technical decision-making and elevating engineering standards. Key Highlights: 1. Working on a growing digital product with high traffic volume. 2. Participating in technical decisions and influencing test architecture. 3. Building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks. Do you enjoy ensuring top-tier quality and automating everything possible? This Senior QA Automation role is for you. You will work on a growing digital product with high traffic volume, helping the team accelerate delivery without compromising quality. Here, QA is a business partner: you participate in technical decisions, influence test architecture, and help raise engineering standards. * Design and implement automated testing strategies (API, web, and integrations). * Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks. * Define and track quality metrics with the team. * Collaborate with developers and product managers from feature conception onward. * Conduct code reviews for test code and support QA best practices. * Investigate production bugs and propose preventive improvements. * Contribute to a culture of continuous testing (CI/CD). Requirements: **Mandatory Requirements:** * Solid senior-level experience as a QA Automation Engineer / Test Engineer. * Proficiency in test automation using at least one programming language (e.g., Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or C\#). * Experience with API testing (e.g., REST Assured, Postman, Cypress, Playwright, etc.). * Experience with CI/CD (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools). * Knowledge of functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing. * Prior experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban). * Availability to work full-time as a self-employed contractor (PJ). **Nice-to-Have:** * Experience in performance and load testing. * Experience with microservices and cloud-native architecture. * Participation in defining QA strategy at the product level. * Contributions to QA communities, talks, blogs, or open-source projects.