Senior Java QA Automation Engineer - AI-Driven Shift-Left

Manila Recruitment

Muntinlupa

On-site

PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Manila Recruitment is assisting a UK-based enterprise software provider expanding in the Philippines. We seek a Senior QA Automation Engineer (Java) to own QA from requirements to production, drive automation in CI/CD, and implement shift-left practices with AI-assisted testing.

You will improve regression, integration, and performance testing across monoliths, microservices, and front-end. You will collaborate with developers, design robust test strategies, and ensure reliable release readiness

Qualifications

5+ years testing Java-based web apps in a commercial product environment with live customers.
Strong test design and risk-based planning; exploratory testing.
Proficiency in Java automation and UI/API tools (Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST Assured, Postman).
Experience with performance testing (JMeter/Gatling) and CI/CD integration (Jenkins/Azure DevOps).
SQL data validation against Oracle/SQL Server; XML/REST integrations incl. cXML; New Relic monitoring.
Experience using AI tools in testing with caution on outputs; excellent collaboration.

Responsibilities

Define release quality strategies and evidence-based go/no-go decisions.
Plan tests per release, including customer configurations; sign off on criteria.
Build and maintain regression coverage across monoliths, microservices, and UI.
Move manual tests into automated suites integrated into the product and CI/CD.
Performance testing to handle real customer volumes; compare with production monitoring.
Test B2B integrations and data flows (e.g., cXML, ERP connections); SQL data setup and checks.
Write clear defect reports; trace production issues to root cause and add tests.
Track quality metrics (defects, automation coverage, pipeline pass rates) for leadership.