Senior Automation Tester

Private Advertiser; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in Metro Manila is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to drive manual and automated testing, ensuring quality across product releases. You will document test plans, design cases, and implement robust automation strategies leveraging Selenium, Playwright, and other tools.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining automation frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, analyzing failures, and collaborating with developers and stakeholders to improve test coverage

Qualifications

• Background in programming languages listed: C, C#, Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby, PHP, SQL.
• Proficiency in automation frameworks such as Selenium, JUnit, Tosca, Playwright.
• Proficiency in testing and defect management tools including JIRA, Postman and AzureDevOps.
• Basic understanding of API testing, including request/response structures and validation techniques.
• Ability to design and document test artifacts, including test plan, test cases, and test scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Understands, analyzes, and documents testing requirements, ensuring clarity and coverage for both manual and automated testing.
• Drives the end-to-end testing process through the development and execution of comprehensive test scenarios (manual and automated).
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define testing scope, strategies, timelines, and automation opportunities.
• Develops, maintains, and executes detailed manual test cases and automated test scripts.
• Designs and implements automation frameworks and reusable test components where applicable.
• Identifies, analyzes, and reports defects/bugs with clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence.
• Logs and tracks defects using JIRA (or similar tools) and ensures proper monitoring until closure.
• Ensures all artifacts (Test cases, scripts, reports) are validated, well-documented, version-controlled, and archived.
• Conducts daily smoke and/or automated sanity testing to validate environment readiness before test execution.
• Performs root cause analysis and basic troubleshooting before escalating issues to developers.
• Develops and maintains regression automation suites to ensure consistent quality across releases.
• Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and faster feedback cycles.
• Monitors automation execution results, analyzes failures, and updates scripts as needed.
• Escalates critical issues and blockers to the Test Leads and support timely resolution.
• Communicates new functionalities, changes, and issues to the team to align expected results and testing coverage.
• Keeps the Test Lead and stakeholders informed to testing progress, risks, and delays.
• Performs retesting and regression testing (manual and automated) for resolved issues.
• Ensures test coverage meet quality standards and identifies gaps in both manual and automated testing.
• Optimizes test execution through automation to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Responsible for handling all assigned test scenarios and automation task end-to-end withing defined SLAs.

Skills

C#

Java

JavaScript

Python

Ruby

PHP

SQL

Selenium

JUnit

Tosca

Playwright

JIRA

Postman

AzureDevOps

API testing

Test design

Test planning

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

Tosca

Playwright

Job description

Qualifications:

• Background in programming languages like C, C#, Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby, PHP, SQL
• Proficiency in automation tools & frameworks such as Selenium, Junit, Tosca, Playwright etc.
• Proficiency in testing and defect management tools including JIRA, Postman and AzureDevOps
• Basic understanding of API testing, including request/response structures and validation techniques
• Ability to design and document test artifacts, including test plan, test cases, and test scenarios

Responsibilities:

• Understands, analyzes, and documents testing requirements, ensuring clarity and coverage for both manual and automated testing

• Drives the end-to-end testing process through the development and execution of comprehensive test scenarios (manual and automated)

• Collaborates with stakeholders to define testing scope, strategies, timelines, and automation opportunities
• Develops, maintains, and executes detailed manual test cases and automated test scripts
• Designs and implements automation frameworks and reusable test components where applicable
• Identifies, analyzes, and reports defects/bugs with clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence
• Logs and tracks defects using JIRA (or similar tools) and ensures proper monitoring until closure
• Ensures all artifacts (Test cases, scripts, reports) are validated, well-documented, version-controlled, and archived
• Conducts daily smoke and/or automated sanity testing to validate environment readiness before test execution
• Performs root cause analysis and basic troubleshooting before escalating issues to developers
• Develops and maintains regression automation suites to ensure consistent quality across releases
• Integrates automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and faster feedback cycles
• Monitors automation execution results, analyzes failures, and updates scripts as needed
• Escalates critical issues and blockers to the Test Leads and support timely resolution
• Communicates new functionalities, changes, and issues to the team to align expected results and testing coverage
• Keeps the Test Lead and stakeholders informed to testing progress, risks, and delays
• Performs retesting and regression testing (manual and automated) for resolved issues
• Ensures test coverage meet quality standards and identifies gaps in both manual and automated testing
• Optimizes test execution through automation to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Responsible for handling all assigned test scenarios and automation task end-to-end withing defined SLAs