Senior QA Automation engineer

About the role

The role of the QA Automation Engineer consists of designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks and tools to streamline the testing process and ensure software quality. The QA Automation Engineer plays a vital role in ensuring software products meet quality standards by automating repetitive testing tasks and enabling faster feedback to the development team. The QA Automation Engineer works closely with developers, product managers to understand software's functionality, requirements, and objectives. The QA Automation Engineer time allocation is as follows; 90% working on automation for user stories, and 10% working on deployment matters and QA support. Core Capabilities: Design & Development: Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and tools using programming languages and automation technologies that are compatible with the application under test. Communication & Collaboration: Listen to the ideas and concerns of others to develop an understanding of how their ideas relate to others and act to address concerns. Risk Management: Identify risks and develop risk management plans/processes and successfully implement/operate them. Agile Ways of Working: Deep personal motivation to participate in Agile ceremonies. Problem Solving: Demonstrate the ability to look at problems from different points of view and try to find solutions. Digital Literacy: Keep up to date with the latest trends, tools, and best practices in QA automation, and share this knowledge with the team. Duties & Responsibilities: Be a part of a Scrum team working on Saas applications using modern JS frameworks and Java API microservice architecture. Develop and maintain automated test scripts based on test cases, ensuring they are efficient, reliable, and maintainable. Work with the development team to integrate automated testing into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, enabling faster feedback and earlier detection of defects. Run automated tests during different stages of the software development lifecycle, such as during build, integration, or release. Review and analyze the results of automated tests, identify defects, and report any issues to the development team. Maintain and update automated tests: Regularly update automated tests to reflect changes in the application, ensuring the tests remain relevant, efficient, and reliable. Collaborate with the development team: Work closely with developers to address defects, improve the software development process, and support continuous improvement. Follow a strong culture of security awareness and ownership using SDLC principles/methodologies. Responsible for testing within a complex environment that includes multiple connected systems. Ensure the reusability of all the components developed. Job requirements Education Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent Work Experience: 3 years of experience as an Automation Lead or 5 years of experience as an Automation Engineer Experience working with Selenium, JUnit and TestNG as a Developer. Experience in Java and Selenium, wireframes design, scripting automation UI and Java Experience working with load testing tools like JMeter and Locust. Experience working in Agile/Scrum model. Experience of working in large projects involving multiple parties including Project Managers and third-party vendors on high profile and technologically innovative enterprise solutions. Experience with a wide variety of continuous integration and source control tools. Proven track record of successful implementation of all project life cycle stages from requ