Senior QA Engineer: Automation & Test Lead

Arch Global Services (Philippines) Inc.; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

AGSI in Metro Manila, Taguig is seeking a QA Engineer to design, implement and run manual and automated tests. You will build and extend an automation framework, execute test plans, and collaborate with Agile teams to ensure coverage of new features.

The role demands strong OOP knowledge, hands-on automation, API testing, and experience with Selenium, Java, and CI/CD tools. Prior mentoring of junior members and cross-functional communication are key.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of OOP concepts viz. Inheritance, Abstraction, Encapsulation and Polymorphism.
• Must have very good understanding and hands-on automation and manual testing framework experience.
• Good debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in API/Microservices/Integration testing (Postman or similar tool) and API Documentation
• Proficient in automation tools like Selenium WebDriver with Java, TestNG, Junit, Maven, Cucumber, Jenkins, Git/BitBucket, for testing Client-Side and Web based applications.
• Experience in developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definition for BDD using Cucumber/Spock Framework.
• Hands on experience with all levels of testing viz. Functional, Integration, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, UAT.
• Good knowledge of build management (i.e. Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, ANSIBLE etc.)
• Know how to use Xray for test management and execution in JIRA.
• Experience of any cloud repository - Bitbucket / GitHub / GitLab etc. is desirable.
• Experience of continuous integration tools (GitHub Actions / Jenkins / Azure DevOps / TeamCity etc)
• Experience in working with Agile teams (Engineering and Business) to collaborate with team members, early and frequently to define test plan/cases, execute and report.
• Good understanding Testing Life Cycle including Test Designs, Test Cases Development, Functional Testing, Defect Preparation, Test Report Preparation

Responsibilities

• Works with the Agile Program Manager (APM), Digital Product Manager (DPM), and Business Systems Analyst (BSA) to document and plan test cases for regression, Integration, and automation test plans and test cases.
• Troubleshoots existing automation and optimizes the automation framework.
• Supports functional validation and sprint activities.
• Communicates with development teams, other product teams, and management to ensure proper test coverage of existing and new features and functionality.
• Build upon an existing framework to develop & execute automated test plans against developed features. Identify and report defects, work with team to resolve.
• Continuous improvement of automation framework and workflow processes, keep solutions up to date with latest technologies.
• Lead scrum test teams by example - encourage collaboration, contribution, and commitment to the teams’ shared goals.
• Guide and mentor junior team members on latest trends in automation.

Skills

Automation testing

Manual testing

Selenium WebDriver

Java

TestNG

JUnit

Maven

Cucumber

Jenkins

Git/Bitbucket

API testing

Postman

BDD

Xray

CI/CD tools

Education

BS in Computer Science or Information Technology

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Postman

Jira/Xray

Git/Bitbucket

Jenkins

Maven

Job description

AGSI in Metro Manila, Taguig is seeking a QA Engineer to design, implement and run manual and automated tests. You will build and extend an automation framework, execute test plans, and collaborate with Agile teams to ensure coverage of new features.

The role demands strong OOP knowledge, hands-on automation, API testing, and experience with Selenium, Java, and CI/CD tools. Prior mentoring of junior members and cross-functional communication are key.