Senior Automation Test Engineer

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Role summary

Quality leader who sets the automation vision and executes it across teams using Playwright (TypeScript), strong API automation, Git, GitLab CI/CD, and Jira/Xray.

What you ll do

Set and deliver the automation strategy & roadmap (12-24 months): test pyramid balance, shift-left approach, non-functional checks in CI, and clear business outcomes, objectives and key results.

Identify opportunities for automation,

Define and enforce standards for Playwright/TypeScript (project structure, fixtures, page objects, assertions), API testing (schema/contract rules, backward-compatibility), Git (branch policies), and CI (required jobs, smoke packs).

Establish governance: ownership/RACI for frameworks and high-risk flows, change control for shared libraries, cross-team reviews, and quality gates in GitLab (lint/typecheck, unit/contract/E2E thresholds, flaky-test quarantine).

Codify policies: test data, secrets management for test runs, release readiness/sign-off criteria in Jira/Xray, pipeline SLOs and escalation routes.

Architect the platform: evolve the Playwright/TypeScript framework, sharding/parallelism, caching, trace/HAR capture, non-functional and cost/performance optimisation in GitLab CI.

Make quality measurable: build failure taxonomy, dashboards, and risk-based coverage in Xray/Jira to give exec-level release signals.

Enable the org: mentor engineers, run internal workshops, lead design reviews, and align with client Product/Platform/Security on testability and observability.Qualifications

Must-haves

7+ years leading test automation at scale with at least one front-end test automation tool such as Playwright + TypeScript and advanced API automation (REST, schema/contract testing).

Proven record setting strategy and owning a roadmap, and instituting standards, governance, and policies adopted across multiple teams.

Strong GitLab CI/CD (pipelines-as-code, templates, dynamic environments, test sharding, caching/artifacts, performance & cost tuning).

Strong Git practices (branching strategy, protected branches, review workflows) and repo design (mono/multirepo).

Deep Jira/Xray usage for requirement coverage, risk-based planning, dashboards, and release readiness reporting.

Mobile Test Automation.

Influences across Product/Platform/Security; drives data-backed decisions and clear go/no-go criteria.

Excellent communication skills. Can clearly explain test automation strategies, results, and risks to technical and business stakeholders.

Collaborate effectively with developers, product owners, and leadership.

Can lead of team of other automation testers.

Should-haves

Visual regression, accessibility (axe), performance and basic security checks integrated into CI; observability for test runs (logs/metrics/traces).

Compliance awareness for test data policies and audit evidence in Xray.

Contract-first/API-driven architectures, robust test data orchestration, and environment management.

Experience reducing E2E runtime/flakiness via deterministic data, stable selectors, and pragmatic retries/timeouts.

Good SQL.

Computer Science related degree or similar.

k6 or similar for basic performance smoke checks within CI.

Success indicators (12 months)

Org-wide adherence to standards/policies.

Trusted release signals via Jira/Xray dashboards; fewer escaped defects/sev-1 regressions.

Documented governance (RACI, ADRs, exemption workflow) with declining exception rate and healthy quality KPIs.

Increased automation coverage month on month.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor s degree

  in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (mandatory).

• Master s degree

  in a relevant discipline is a plus.