Senior Automation QA

Madfish; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company based in the United Kingdom is seeking a Test Automation Engineer. This role involves the development and maintenance of automated test processes for APIs and Web Services. The successful candidate will have at least three years of experience in test automation, a strong knowledge of JavaScript, and familiarity with tools such as Playwright or Cypress. The position emphasizes collaboration with the development team and optimizing QA processes, suitable for focused, self-confident individuals.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in test automation for web applications.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript and automation frameworks.
• Experience with API testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated tests for APIs and Web Services.
• Collaborate with the development team on test coverage.
• Optimize QA automation processes.

Skills

Test automation

JavaScript

API testing

Collaboration

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

Docker

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Development, maintenance, and improvement of automated tests (API, Web Services);
• Automation of Smoke and Regression testing cycles;
• Collaboration with the development team to ensure automated test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements;
• Collaboration with a Manual QA to speed up, improve, and automate test cases;
• Optimization and improvement of QA automation processes;
• Manual testing key system functionality with subsequent automation/optimization of processes;

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of practical experience with test automation for web-based applications;
• Good knowledge of JavaScript
• Practical experience with automation frameworks/tools like Playwright or Cypress;
• Kowlage of: REST API, HTTP, HTML, CSS,, XML/JSON;
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, curl or httpie;
• Focused, self-confidence;
• Experience with test design, including creating test plans, test cases, checklists, and analyzing requirements;
• Basic practical skills with a terminal emulator;

Nice to have:

• Experience with project management tools Jira/Bitbucket/Confluence;
• Experience with a Docker;
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools;