Senior SDET AI-Driven Test Lead - Night Shift

Manulife; Cebu City; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Sr. Quality Engineer/Software Developer in Test to join our AI-driven QE Transformation Team. This hands-on role focuses on modernizing quality practices with AI and guiding best practices in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in QA/SDET, strong Java/Python/JavaScript skills, and experience with Selenium, Playwright, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud testing platforms. Hybrid work 3 days onsite at Mactan New Town, Cebu.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in QA/SDET discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or higher (CS/Engineering preferred).
• Willing to work night shift (8pm–5am) and hybrid (3 days onsite at Mactan New Town).
• Experience building and maintaining test frameworks with Selenium, Appium, Rest Assured, Pytest, WebDriverIO, Playwright and Cucumber.
• Experience with Postman, GitHub, GitLab, Git, JIRA, Xray for JIRA, Power BI, New Relic, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, TeamCity).
• Strong programming in Java, Python, or JavaScript; rapid learning of new technologies.
• Knowledge of AI tools for development/testing (GenAI, Copilot, Agentic AI).
• Experience with LLM models, Prompt Engineering, Copilot for Test Automation.
• Experience with cloud testing platforms (Perfecto, Sauce Labs, BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm).
• Understand BDD, TDD, Shift-left, Mocks/Stubs, Service Virtualization, Synthetic Data, and DevOps CI/CD/CT.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

Test automation

AI-driven testing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

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

CI/CD tools

Job description

Manulife is seeking a Sr. Quality Engineer/Software Developer in Test to join our AI-driven QE Transformation Team. This hands-on role focuses on modernizing quality practices with AI and guiding best practices in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in QA/SDET, strong Java/Python/JavaScript skills, and experience with Selenium, Playwright, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud testing platforms. Hybrid work 3 days onsite at Mactan New Town, Cebu.