QA Automation Engineer — Playwright, CI/CD, Hybrid

Fairphone; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Annual holidays and birthday day off

Lunch and coffee program

Pension plan

MacBook and work devices

Home office stipend up to €250

Job summary

Fairphone is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to elevate quality in our web development teams. You will drive automated testing, embed shift-left practices, and collaborate with Product Owners and UX Designers to define stringent acceptance criteria.

You will lead transition to a modern automated QA environment while maintaining manual test plans for major launches annually. The role emphasizes ownership of automation foundations, CI/CD gates, and ongoing process improvements, with a strong

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Software Quality Assurance focusing on web test automation.
• Hands-on experience setting up automation frameworks from scratch (Playwright or Cypress).
• Experience configuring automated pipelines in CI/CD (GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools to accelerate coverage and maintenance.
• Strong Agile Scrum background with critical thinking in refinement sessions.
• Good understanding of web architectures and e-commerce platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan, build, and maintain end-to-end test automation suites.
• Integrate automated testing into GitHub Actions for pre-deploy gates.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and UX Designers on acceptance criteria and edge cases.
• Establish bug severity rules and governance for releases.
• Design structured manual test plans for major releases and cross-device/browser testing.
• Champion quality guardrails and developer accountability for production readiness.
• Contribute to Definition of Done and staging environment improvements.

Skills

Automation testing

Playwright (Python) or Cypress

GitHub Actions

Agile Scrum

Edge-case analysis

English communication

Tools

Playwright (Python)

GitHub Actions

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Fairphone is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to elevate quality in our web development teams. You will drive automated testing, embed shift-left practices, and collaborate with Product Owners and UX Designers to define stringent acceptance criteria.

You will lead transition to a modern automated QA environment while maintaining manual test plans for major launches annually. The role emphasizes ownership of automation foundations, CI/CD gates, and ongoing process improvements, with a strong