Lead Test Automation Engineer

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Lead Test Automation Engineer (100% Remote)

Description

You will lead the development of a test automation strategy, build and maintain test automation frameworks, and enable continuous testing across CI/CD environments. You will design and integrate automated tests for web applications, APIs, and mobile apps, and execute functional, regression, and UAT testing. You will also coordinate integration, performance/load, and security testing while collaborating with developers, business analysts, and project teams to identify and resolve defects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation solutions for web applications, APIs, and mobile applications
• Define and implement a transition strategy from manual testing to automated testing
• Create and evolve test automation frameworks
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD processes
• Design test cases, test scenarios, and test plans
• Run functional, regression, and UAT tests
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project teams to identify and fix defects
• Produce reports and quality metrics, and monitor test results
• Coordinate integration, performance, load, and security testing activities
• Ensure high-quality delivered solutions through comprehensive QA activities

Requirements

• 15+ years of professional experience
• ISTQB Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer certification or equivalent
• 10+ years of test automation experience
• Very good knowledge of test automation tools/frameworks such as Selenium, WebdriverIO, or similar
• Experience automating web applications, APIs, and mobile applications
• 10+ years hands-on experience building test solutions and test frameworks
• Very good knowledge of Java, Python, or JavaScript/Node.js used for automation
• 15+ years experience in functional, regression, and UAT testing
• Very good knowledge of manual test design techniques
• Experience with test management and defect reporting/tracking tools
• Very good knowledge of Git and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI, or similar
• Experience managing test data
• English proficiency (B2 or higher)

Benefits

• 100% remote work
• International project for a European public-sector organization
• QA leadership role focused on CI/CD continuous testing and test automation frameworks