Automation Test Engineer

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Job Description Were looking for a QA Automation Engineer to help drive quality across our distributed SaaS ecosystem. You will build and maintain automated test suites, strengthen our CI/CD pipelines, and ensure our systems are robust, scalable, and reliable. This is a hands-on engineering role within a modern, collaborative team focused on continuous improvement, transparency, and delivering high-impact products. What Youll Do Manual & Exploratory Testing • Execute manual test cases for UI, API, and end-to-end user workflows. • Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and user-impacting defects. • Document clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers to resolve issues. • Validate business requirements and user acceptance criteria through hands-on testing. Automation Engineering • Develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API, microservices, and integration layers. • Contribute to scalable, reusable automation frameworks stored in GitHub. • Create validations for distributed systems, service-to-service interactions, queues, and API contracts. Quality Ownership • Work closely with developers and product partners to understand story details and test requirements. • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable execution. • Support exploratory, UAT, and end-to-end testing for user-focused scenarios. Collaboration & Continuous Improvement • Participate in code reviews, GitHub workflows, and team automation practices. • Engage in team learning sessions and internal quality improvement initiatives. • Contribute ideas to improve testing approaches and overall product quality. What You Bring Core Skills • 2-5 years of hands-on experience in QA automation or test engineering. • Familiarity with writing test cases, test plans, and defect documentation. • Understanding of functional testing, regression testing, and user-flow validation • Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript for test automation. • Understanding of WebdriverIO and/or Playwright. • Proven ability to automate UI, API, and integration scenarios. • Familiar with BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or similar cloud platforms. Tooling & Engineering Basics • Familiarity with Git and version control workflows. • Basic understanding of REST APIs and modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM). • Awareness of CI/CD principles is beneficial. Data & Application Knowledge • Ability to write and understand basic SQL queries. • Good understanding of modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM). Ways of Working • Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams. • Strong communication skills and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset. • Attention to detail and a passion for delivering quality. • Curiosity and adaptability with a desire to continually improve testing skills. Nice to Have • Exposure to SQL basics. • Awareness of performance or accessibility testing concepts. • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) through university or personal projects. • Understanding of accessibility testing principles (WCAG 2.1 AA).