Job description

Responsabilities

Senior Test Automation Engineer is responsible for the test automation framework, and supports the development & execution of automated tests. Together with the Test Engineering Manager, the Senior Test Automation Engineer helps to execute the roadmap and strategy for automated testing and required infrastructure. Your overall responsibilities will be:

Ownership of the test automation framework and tooling
Setting up, coaching and promoting best practices (e.g. Shift-Left approach) across Engineering Squads
Overseeing the execution of test batches for the component & product portfolio
Collaborating with Site Reliability Engineers for keeping the framework & tooling in optimal shape
Supporting execution of automated Release Validation Tests (User Acceptance Testing) execution
Working on the continuous integration of the test scripts and driving the organization towards continuous testing
Promoting the testing knowledge within the organization and provide guidance and assistance to enable developers to test
Creating and maintaining test frameworks, applying architecture design
Optimising existing frameworks and test suites performance and stability wise
Supporting test maintenance and implementing improvements on maintenance effort

Skills Needed

Proven track record in software testing, minimum 7 to 8 years of experience
Assertive with the ability to take ownership of the job and to work autonomously
Flexible and able to cope with an ever-changing, dynamic and exciting environment
Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Open-minded, team player
Strong analytical problem solving-skills, attention to detail, ability to think out of the box
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to identify flaws in the testing process, toolset, infrastructure and to propose and drive necessary improvements

Qualifications

Masters degree (Business or IT) or equivalent through experience in a related role
Experience (2 to 5+ years) as a Senior Test Automation Engineer, Test Automation Architect or similar
Experience with SaaS in a B2B heavily regulated environment (telco, banking, pharma) using Kubernetes, Docker
Experience with building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines with the tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins
Experience with test automation solutions like Cypress or Playwright
Deep understanding of programming patterns, especially Page Object Pattern
Experience in programming with scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, Ansible, Bash
Experience with Test Management Tools like Zephyr or Xray
Excellent knowledge of English, both spoken and written
Experience with working in an Agile/Scrum development process

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