Senior QA Automation Engineer

TL;DR

Senior QA Automation Engineer: Design, develop, and enhance robust automation frameworks for web, API services, and applications with an accent on CI/CD integration, test coverage, and quality metrics. Focus on writing maintainable test suites, performing root cause analysis, and collaborating with development and product teams to resolve defects.

Location: Anywhere in LATAMs

Company

Fintech platform providing equal access to financial services for the masses, headquartered in Malaysia.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and enhance automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium.
• Write automated test suites for web, API, and other applications.
• Integrate tests into Git-based CI/CD pipelines like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, and performance tests.
• Participate in requirement reviews to define test scenarios and ensure coverage.
• Perform root cause analysis, collaborate on defect resolution, and improve QA processes.
• Maintain test data, environments, and build QA tooling like dashboards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related.
• 3+ years in QA Automation for backend services and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or Appium.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs and automated API testing (Postman, Newman, REST Assured).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies and QA best practices.

Nice to have

• Performance testing (Locust, k6, JMeter).
• Contract testing (PACT).
• Security testing (OWASP).
• SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Agile/Scrum experience.
• Microservices, AWS/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovative challenges on fast-moving business problems.
• Strong learning and development plans for career growth.
• International environment with flat organizational structure.
• Competitive salary package.