Senior AI QA Engineer - SDET & Test Automation Leader

Manulife Financial; Talima; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Financial is seeking a Sr. Quality Engineer in Test to join our AI-driven QE Transformation Team. You will design and implement AI-enhanced test automation, drive modern testing practices, and lead adoption of robust frameworks across the organization.

The role demands hands-on expertise in Java, Python, or JavaScript, experience with Selenium and DevOps pipelines, and strong leadership for a global team. Hybrid work arrangement includes 3x onsite weekly at the Mactan New Town office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering or higher, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in the QA / SDET discipline.
• Amenable to work on a night shift work schedule (8pm to 5am) and hybrid work set up (3x a week onsite reporting in Mactan New Town office).
• Experience building and maintaining test frameworks using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Rest Assured, Pytest, WebDriverIO, Playwright, and Cucumber.
• Experience using tools such as Postman, GitHub, GitLab, Git, JIRA, Xray for JIRA, Power BI, New Relic, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or TeamCity.
• Strong programming experience in Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and programming languages.
• Knowledge of using AI tools to support development and testing, such as GenAI, GitHub Copilot, and Agentic AI.
• Experience in LLM models, Prompt Engineering, and Copilot for Test Automation.
• Experience working with cloud-based testing platforms such as Perfecto, Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, or AWS Device Farm.
• Must understand the following concepts: Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), Shift-left, Mocks and Stubs, Service Virtualization, Synthetic Data, and DevOps: CI/CD/CT.
• Understand the software design lifecycle, architecture principles, design patterns, and different types of tests.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced test automation frameworks and AI-driven test solutions to enhance test coverage and quality.
• Develop and promote highly reliable code to improve maintainability and reusability.
• Integrate tools into enterprise DevOps pipelines to enable end-to-end automation of integration, and functional testing.
• Enhance and support applications based on industry standards and best practices (AI or automation tools).
• Drive adoption of modern test automation frameworks and tools across the organization.
• Establish and enforce automation standards, frameworks, and best practices.

Skills

Selenium

Appium

Rest Assured

Pytest

WebDriverIO

Playwright

Cucumber

Postman

GitHub

GitLab

Git

JIRA

Xray for JIRA

Power BI

New Relic

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Java

Python

JavaScript

GenAI

GitHub Copilot

Agentic AI

LLM Models

Prompt Engineering

Copilot for Test Automation

Perfecto

Sauce Labs

BrowserStack

AWS Device Farm

BDD

TDD

Shift-left

Mocks and Stubs

Service Virtualization

Synthetic Data

DevOps CI/CD/CT

Software design lifecycle

Education

Bachelor of Engineering or higher

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Rest Assured

Pytest

WebDriverIO

Playwright

Cucumber

Postman

GitHub

GitLab

Git

JIRA

Xray for JIRA

Power BI

New Relic

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Java

Python

JavaScript

GenAI

GitHub Copilot

Agentic AI

LLM Models

Prompt Engineering

Copilot for Test Automation

Perfecto

Sauce Labs

BrowserStack

AWS Device Farm

BDD

TDD

Shift-left

Mocks and Stubs

Service Virtualization

Synthetic Data

DevOps CI/CD/CT

Software design lifecycle

Job description

Manulife Financial is seeking a Sr. Quality Engineer in Test to join our AI-driven QE Transformation Team. You will design and implement AI-enhanced test automation, drive modern testing practices, and lead adoption of robust frameworks across the organization.

The role demands hands-on expertise in Java, Python, or JavaScript, experience with Selenium and DevOps pipelines, and strong leadership for a global team. Hybrid work arrangement includes 3x onsite weekly at the Mactan New Town office.